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MEN WHO SHAPED THE WESTERN CHURCH By the same Author THE FATHERS OF THE GREEK CHURCH HANS VON CAMPENHAUSEN WHO MEN SHAPED THE WESTERN CHURCH translated by Manfred Hoffmann HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND EVANSTON men whoshapedthewesternchurch. Translatedfrom the German,Latein- ische Kirchenvater, © i960 by W. Kohlhammer GMBH, Stuttgart. English translation copyright © 1964 by A. and C. Black Ltd. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written per- mission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles' and reviews. For information address Harper & Row, Publishers, Incorporated, 49 East }}rd Street, New York 16, N. Y. Thisbookispublishedin GreatBritain underthetitle: FATHERSofthelatinchurch. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 65-IO374 128G443 VENERANDO ORDINI THEOLOGORUM UNIVERSITATIS OSLOENSIS HOC LIBELLO GRATIAS TESTATUR MAXIMAS AUCTOR MEMOR PIE PRIORIS COMMERCII QUO CUM ILLO AMICE ERAT CONIUNCTUS HONORISQUE SUMMI QUO FACTUS EST THEOLOGIAE DOCTOR TRANSLATOR'S NOTE Professor von Campenhausen is well known in the academic world as a leading expert in patristics, and as one ofthe out- standing Protestant scholars in Germany, but his major works have not until recently been available in English. A beginning has been made to remedy this situation by the publication in translation of two of his books, on the Greek and the Latin church fathers, which are highly esteemed both by scholars and by the educatedlaity. Although the author expressly renounces *learned quotations, notes, explanations, marginal citations, footnotes, and appendages of that sort', the expert will recog- nize behind these biographical sketches a background of exact knowledge of the literary work of the church fathers, of their historical setting, and of their theological impact. As translator, and a former pupil of the author, well ac- quainted with his methodological and theological approach, I have endeavoured to preserve faithfully the spirit ofthis work, and the individuality of the author in it. I acknowledge my indebtedness to my colleagues and friends, Professor John Lawson of Atlanta and Dr. Jack H. Wilson of Athens, Ten- nessee, as well as to the Rev. L. A. Garrard of Oxford for his editorialwork. AboveallIowe thanks to theauthorhimselffor hisintellectualinspiration, and forhiswarminterestin my own work also. M. H. Emory University Atlanta, Georgia VI
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