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Methodius; Alexander of Lycopolis; Peter of Alexandria; and Fragments

by Methodius of Olympus

The Edition

Translated by
W. R. Clark, J. B. H. Hawkins, B. P. Pratten, S. D. F. Salmond
Series editor
Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson

Publication

Publisher
T&T Clark
Series
Ante-Nicene Christian Library (ANCL)
Series volume
XIV
Date published
1870
Print status
Out of print

The Physical Book

Binding
Hardcover

Contents

  • The Writings of Methodius
    • The Banquet of the Ten Virgins; or, Concerning Chastity
      • I. Marcella
      • II. Theophila
      • III. Thaleia
      • IV. Theopatra
      • V. Thallousa
      • VI. Agathe
      • VII. Procilla
      • VIII. Thekla
      • IX. Tusiane
      • X. Domnina
      • XI. Arete
    • Concerning Free Will
    • From the Discourse on the Resurrection
    • The Second Discourse on the Resurrection
    • From the Discourse on the Resurrection (Photius, Bibliotheca cod. 234)
    • A Fragment on the History of Jonah
    • Extracts from the Work on Things Created
    • Fragments against Porphyry
    • From his Discourse concerning Martyrs
    • Oration concerning Simeon and Anna, on the Day that they met in the Temple
    • Oration on the Palms
    • Three Fragments from the Homily on the Cross and Passion of Christ
    • Some other Fragments of the same Methodius
  • Alexander, Bishop of Lycopolis
    • Notice of his Life and Writings
    • On the Tenets of the Manichaeans
  • Peter, Bishop of Alexandria
    • Historical Notice
    • The Genuine Acts of Peter of Alexandria
    • The Canonical Epistle, with the Commentaries of Theodore Balsamon and John Zonaras
    • Letter to the Church at Alexandria
    • Fragment from the Book on the Godhead
    • Fragment from the Homily on the Advent of our Saviour
    • Fragment from the Homily on the Sojourning of Christ with us
    • That up to the time of the Destruction of Jerusalem, the Jews rightly appointed the Fourteenth Day of the first Lunar Month
    • Of the Soul and Body
    • On St Matthew
    • From a Sermon or a Treatise on Theology
  • Alexander, Bishop of Alexandria
    • Epistles on the Arian Heresy, and the Deposition of Arius
    • Two Fragments from an Epistle to Aeglon, Bishop of Cynopolis, against the Arians
    • On the Soul and Body
  • Anatolius and Minor Writers; Fragments