The Church of Smyrna: History and Theology of a Primitive Christian Community

ISBN-13: 9783631662359 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 402 str.

Mauricio Saavedra Monroy

Opis

This book deals with the theology of the Church of Smyrna from its foundation up to the Council of Nicaea in 325. The author provides a critical historical evaluation of the documentary sources and certain aspects particularly deserving of discussion. He makes a meticulous study of the history of the city, its gods and institutions, the set-up of the Jewish and Christian communities and the response of the latter to the imperial cult. Finally, he undertakes a detailed analysis both of the reception of the Hebrew Scriptures and the apostolic traditions, as well as examining the gradual historical process of the shaping of orthodoxy and the identity of the community in the light of the organisation of its ecclesial ministries, its sacramental life and the cult of its martyrs.

Spis treści

Contents: Smyrna - Apostolic Traditions - Reception - Orthodoxy - Cult of Martyrs - Polycarp - Noetus - Asia Minor.

O autorze

Mauricio Saavedra Monroy is an Augustinian priest. He holds a doctoral degree in Theology and Patristic Studies. He teaches Patristics in the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum of Rome and Saint Augustine Cervantina University of Bogota.