And Then the End Will Come: Early Latin Christian Interpretations of the Opening of the Seven Seals

ISBN-13: 9781138963528 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 126 str.

Douglas W. Lumsden

Opis

This work examines a centuries-long intellectual tradition in the early Latin church linking the imagery associated with the opening of the Seven Seals of the Apocalypse with programs of ecclesiastical expansion and ascetic reform.

Spis treści

Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgments 1. External Expansion, Internal Reform: The Sealed Book 2. Establishing a Tradition: Victorinus/Tyconius/Jerome 3. Sixth-Century-Synthesis: Primasius 4. From the Periphery: Bede 5. The Carolingian Mystic: Ambrosius Autpertus 6. The Spanish Bishop: Beatus of Liebana 7. The Monk Militant: Haimo of Auzerre Epilogue: Church Triumphant: The Book Unsealed Bibliography Index

O autorze

Douglas Lunsden is an Assistant Professor at Benedictine College.