Cyril ibn Laqlaq's Book of confession: a critical edition and annotated translation with an introduction
"Cyril ibn Laqlaq's Book of Confession offers the critical edition and translation of a treatise that is published here for the first time. Cyril, the 75th Coptic Patriarch, was a controversial figure who was judged for simony by his own bishops in an official synod. Despite his failure to...
| Subtitles: | Book of confession |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English Arabic |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2023]
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| In: |
Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity (volume 29)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity
volume 29 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Eastern Church
/ Confession of sin
/ Confession
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KDF Orthodox Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
| Further subjects: | B
Coptic Church
Doctrines Early works to 1800
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| Summary: | "Cyril ibn Laqlaq's Book of Confession offers the critical edition and translation of a treatise that is published here for the first time. Cyril, the 75th Coptic Patriarch, was a controversial figure who was judged for simony by his own bishops in an official synod. Despite his failure to promote auricular confession during his lifetime, the widespread distribution of his treatise had a significant impact on the practice's adoption. The Book of Confession is well attested in the manuscript tradition. The vast inventory of manuscripts attests to its popularity among diverse Christian denominations throughout the Middle East. Undoubtedly, it has been a highly influential text in the formation of spiritual life and penitential theology in the Middle Ages"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-481) and index |
| ISBN: | 9004540660 |