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This book provides an outline of the development of eschatological thought in the first seven centuries of Christianity. It is the first attempt, in any language, to give a comprehensive description of the origins of Christian eschatology, as it grew from its Jewish roots and from Jesus' preaching, and as it drew upon the philosophical and folkloric notions of death and the afterlife held by the peoples of the Mediterranean. Basing his study on the original texts, Father Daley considers not only the eschatology of the Greek and Latin Fathers, but also what can be known from early Syriac, Coptic and Armenian Christian literature. Concise and clearly focused in its range of subjects, this book provides an accessible historical survey of a centrally important aspect of early Christian doctrine. THE HOPE OF THE EARLY CHURCH THE HOPE OF THE EARLY CHURCH A HANDBOOK OF PATRISTIC ESCHATOLOGY BRIAN E. DALEY, S. J. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WESTON SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 IRP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1991 First published 1991 Reprinted 1993 Printed in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wiltshire British I.ibrarv cataloguing in publication data Daley, Brian E. (Brian Edward), 1940- The hope of the early Church: a handbook of Patristic eschatology. 1. Christian doctrine. Eschatology. Theories, history 1. Title 236.09 Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data Daley, Brian, 1940- The hope of the early Church: a handbook of Patristic eschatology / Brian E. Daley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0 521 35258 4 1. Eschatology - History of doctrines - Early church, co. 30-600. 1. Title. BT819.5.D34 1990 236:09'015-dc20 90-32317 CIP ISBN 0 521 35258 4 hardback SE In memory of my brother John (1936--1986) who taught me, by example, both scholarship and hope. "Fleant ergo, qui spem resurrectionis habere non possunt ..." (Ainbrose, De Excessu Fratris 1.70) CONTENTS Preface page xi A note on abbreviations xiv Introduction 1 i Visions of a new day: early Semitic Christianity and Christian apocalyptic 5 2 Making history intelligible: eschatology and the apologists 20 3 Regaining the light: eschatology in the Gnostic crisis (150-200) 25 4 Senectus Mundi: eschatology in the West, 200-250 33 5 A school for souls: Alexandrian eschatology and its critics (185-300) 44 6 The dawn of the final conflict: Latin eschatology in the Great Persecution (303- 313) 65 7 Facing death in freedom: Eastern eschatology in the age of Nicaea (325-400) 69 8 Redenmptio Totius Corporis: Latin eschatology in the fourth century 93 9 Grace present and future: Greek eschatology in the fifth century 105 io Signs of a Church triumphant: Latin eschatology in the fifth century 124 11 Apokatastasis and apocalpytic: Eastern eschatology after Chalcedon 168 ix Contents 12 The end of all flesh: eschatology in the sixth-century West 205 Epilogue: a common hope 216 Notes 225 Bibliography 266 Index 288 x
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