LEADER 04629nam 22006854a 450 001 9910451442003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-86835-X 010 $a9786610868353 010 $a1-4294-5347-8 010 $a90-474-0783-0 010 $a1-4337-0577-X 024 7 $a10.1163/9789047407836 035 $a(CKB)1000000000334815 035 $a(EBL)280815 035 $a(OCoLC)182530385 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000218559 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11198638 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000218559 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10228782 035 $a(PQKB)11781993 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC280815 035 $a(OCoLC)182530385$z(OCoLC)82131967$z(OCoLC)148884534$z(OCoLC)171561772$z(OCoLC)473092230$z(OCoLC)614958696$z(OCoLC)648204298$z(OCoLC)667043152$z(OCoLC)722560204$z(OCoLC)756540947$z(OCoLC)781241386$z(OCoLC)888542867 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047407836 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL280815 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10171793 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL86835 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000334815 100 $a20050225d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe past is prologue$b[electronic resource] $ethe revolution of Nicene historiography /$fby Thomas C. Ferguson 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 225 1 $aSupplements to Vigiliae Christianae,$x0920-623X ;$vv. 75 300 $aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 2002. 311 $a90-04-14457-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-177) and index. 327 $aPreliminary material -- INTRODUCTION: THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE ?ARIAN? CONTROVERSY -- THE EUSEBIAN PRELUDE: BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL -- THE CHRONICON PASCHALE AND NON-NICENE HISTORIOGRAPHY -- RUFINUS OF AQUILEIA AND THE BEGINNINGS OF NICENE HISTORIOGRAPHY -- OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS: THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF PHILOSTORGIUS -- CONCLUSION: THE REVOLUTION OF NICENE HISTORIOGRAPHY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FRAGMENTS FROM A NON-NICENE CHRONICLER INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXT -- INDEX. 330 $aWhile there has been substantial scholarly work done on the development of Christian doctrine in the fourth and fifth centuries, very little corresponding attention has been paid to the writing of church history during this critical period. This work examines how authors began to construct the historical narrative of the ?Arian? controversy and focuses on the interplay between theology and worshipping communities. Major figures such as Eusebius and Athanasius are examined, and important but overlooked figures such as an anonymous non-Nicene chronicler and Philostorgius are also included. In the introduction the book surveys recent developments in the study of ?Arianism? and discusses the usefulness of the very category of an ?Arian controversy.? Subsequent chapters set forth the thesis that church histories are important sources for understanding the development of doctrine. A chapter is devoted to Eusebius? Ecclesiastical History, especially the oft-overlooked Book X. Further chapters explore the role of Rufinus as the first extant author to write a continuation of Eusebius. The work also consciously includes marginalized non-Nicene sources, and there are chapters which examine an anonymous non-Nicene chronicler and the Ecclesiastical History of the Eunomian Philostorgius of Borissus. The book is particularly useful for persons interested in examining the development of doctrine in the fourth century from fresh perspectives. The work approaches church histories as narrative myths of community origins produced by worshipping communities standing in continuity to local schools of thought. 410 0$aSupplements to Vigiliae Christianae ;$vv. 75. 606 $aTheology, Doctrinal$xHistory$yEarly church, ca. 30-600$xHistoriography 606 $aChristian heresies$xHistory$yEarly church, ca. 30-600$xHistoriography 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600$xHistoriography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTheology, Doctrinal$xHistory$xHistoriography. 615 0$aChristian heresies$xHistory$xHistoriography. 615 0$aChurch history$xHistoriography. 676 $a270.1/072 700 $aFerguson$b Thomas C$040957 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451442003321 996 $aThe past is prologue$92110757 997 $aUNINA