The Macarian Legacy: The Place of Macarius–Symeon in the Eastern Christian Tradition. By Marcus Plested. Pp. xviii + 286. (Oxford Theological Monographs.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. isbn 0 19 926779 0. £55
The authors whose indebtedness to Pseudo-Macarius are examined in this book are Mark the Monk, Diadochus of Photike, Abba Isaiah, and Maximus the Confessor. Chapters devoted to these are preceded by a brief critical introduction to the Macarian problem, an outline of Macarius’ theology, and assessme...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 316-317 |
| Review of: | The Macarian legacy (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2007) (Gould, Graham)
The Macarian legacy (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2004) (Gould, Graham) |
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| Summary: | The authors whose indebtedness to Pseudo-Macarius are examined in this book are Mark the Monk, Diadochus of Photike, Abba Isaiah, and Maximus the Confessor. Chapters devoted to these are preceded by a brief critical introduction to the Macarian problem, an outline of Macarius’ theology, and assessments of its relationship to the Cappadocian Fathers and Evagrius. Although some of the evidence for dependence is of uncertain significance, overall a convincing case is made not only that the four later writers knew and borrowed from the Macarian homilies, but that Macarius’ theology profoundly influenced and modified their interpretations of the monastic tradition of spiritual ascesis. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flj033 |