In a detailed account, the archbishop and renowned scholar Eustathius of Thessalonica (probably 1115-1195) takes his monks severely to task, for in his eyes they fall far short of the ideals they professed in their monastic vows, particularly by engaging in business and being hostile to education and learning. With its Prolegomena, editorial work, and indexes, this new edition is a valuable source for Byzantinists. The volume also provides a German translation of the Greek text.

In addition to this text, a commentary is published within the series "Supplementa Byzantina." Both...

War die Schrift "De emendanda vita monachica" des Eustathios von Thessalonike mit ihrem Feuerwerk an Polemik und gelehrten Anspielungen tatsachlich fur die als ungebildet dargestellten Monche der Diozese bestimmt- oder fur ein nicht angesprochenes Publikum? Diese Leitfrage zieht sich durch die ausfuhrliche Einfuhrung und den detaillierten Stellenkommentar, die Karin Metzler gleichzeitig mit ihrer Neuedition des Textes in den CFHB vorlegt. Sie untersucht darin historisch den Ort des Werkes innerhalb der Biographie des Eustathios und vor der Folie des zeitgenossischen Monchtums, bestimmt...

Origen (185-254), ancient theologian and philosopher, has had a profound influence on Christian theology and the whole history of European thought with his academic mindset and his original thinking on topics such as liberty, history and justice. This bilingual edition in 25 volumes aims to make his complete writings available and accessible to scholars across a range of disciplines as a rich historical resource for present-day problems in religious culture, theology, philosophy and ethics.

All texts are presented in a modern translation - many of them for the first time in German...