The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings provides definitive anthology of early Christian texts, from c.100 to 650 CE. Its six volumes reflect the cultural, intellectual and linguistic diversity of early Christianity and are organized thematically on the topics of God, practice, Christ, community, reading and creation. The series expands the pool of source material to include not only Greek and Latin writings, but also Syriac and Coptic texts. Additionally, the series rejects a theologically normative view by juxtaposing texts that were important in antiquity but later deemed 'heretical', with orthodox texts. The translations are accompanied by introductions, notes, suggestions for further reading and scriptural indices. The second volume is focused on the topic of practice, including texts on education, advice, forming communities and instructing congregations. It will be an invaluable resource for students, academic researchers in early Christian studies, history of Christianity, theology, religious studies and late antique Roman history.
Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Note on the texts and translations; Series introduction; Introduction; Part I. Education: 1. Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor 1.1-4, 13 translated by Bradley K. Storin; 2. Teachings of Silvanus, Nag Hammadi Codex VII, Work 4 translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 3. Gregory the Wonderworker, Address to Origen 5-9 translated by Bradley K. Storin; 4. Methodius of Olympus, Symposium 5.1-5, 6 translated by Andrew Radde-Gallwitz; Part II. Advice: 5. Antony of Egypt, Letters 1 and 4 translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 6. Athanasius, Letter to Amoun translated by Mark DelCogliano; 7. Ammonas, Letters 2, 10 and 12 translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 8. Evagrius of Pontus, Protrepticus translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 9. Evagrius of Pontus, Paraeneticus translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 10. John Chrysostom, Letters to Olympias 9, 12 and 17 translated by Edward J. Vodoklys, SJ; 11. John Cassian, Conferences 1. Prologue, 1-4, 7-8 and 15-28 translated by Mark DelCogliano; 12. Book of Steps, memre 10 and 18 translated by Ellen Muehlberger; Part III. Forming Communities: 13. Pachomius, Paralipomena 19-20 translated by Mark DelCogliano; 14. Basil of Caesarea, Canonical Letters (Letters 188, 199, 217) translated by Andrew Radde-Gallwitz; 15. Gregory of Nyssa, Canonical Letter to Letoius translated by Andrew Radde-Gallwitz; 16. Shenoute of Atripe, Abraham our Father translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 17. Shenoute of Atripe, As I Sat on a Mountain translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 18. Rabbula, Canons for Monks and Clerics translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 19. John of Tella, Canons translated by Ellen Muehlberger; Part IV. Instructing Congregations: 20. Cyril of Jerusalem, Prologue and Mystical Catecheses translated by Bradley K. Storin; 21. John Chrysostom, Baptismal Instructions translated by Bradley K. Storin; 22. Theodore of Mopsuestia, Homily on Baptism translated by Ellen Muehlberger; 23. Augustine, On Catechizing the Uninstructed 1-6, 9-13 translated by Mark DelCogliano; 24. Narsai, On the Symbols of the Church and on Baptism translated by Ellen Muehlberger; Suggestions for further reading; Scriptural index.
Ellen Muehlberger is Associate Professor of Christianity in Late Antiquity at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is the author of Angels in Late Ancient Christianity (2013) and has published articles on late ancient topics in journals including the Journal of Early Christian Studies, the Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods, Church History, Past and Present and Vigiliae Christianae.
