Demonstrative Proof In Defence Of God: A Study Of Titus Of Bostra's Contra Manichaeos : The Work's Sources, Aims, And Relation To Its Contemporary TheologyThis volume is the first extensive study of a Christian work from the 4th century, Titus of Bostra's "Contra Manichaeos," which is the only text from the early Greek Church setting out a comprehensive theodicy. The study illuminates the text's relation to contemporary theology and philosophy and interprets it in the light of the ideological conflicts between pagans, Catholic Christians and Manichaeans in the 4th century. It includes an examination of the possible Manichaean sources used by Titus, and, furthermore, a critical text study and translation of central passages in "Contra Manichaeos," based both on the Greek text and the Syriac version of it. |
Contents
The two audiences | 1 |
1 | 110 |
The historical and literary context for Titus of Bostras | 120 |
Heresiology and antiManichaeism | 129 |
in Titus | 146 |
The Manichaean texts used by Titus of Bostra | 177 |
+ III 45 | 186 |
The philosophical and Marcionite background | 216 |
Titus of Bostras philosophical position | 263 |
Tituss knowledge of philosophers and philosophical | 332 |
Comparison with Theodore of Mopsuestias | 392 |
Hypotheses to explain similarities between | 414 |
Summary of the studys most important conclusions | 420 |
Bibliography | 475 |
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