Alexandrian Legacy: A Critical Appraisal

List of Tables ............................................................................................... x
Introduction ................................................................................................ xi
Doru Costache, Philip Kariatlis, and Mario Baghos
Part I Early Alexandrians
Chapter I ...................................................................................................... 2
Hierarchy, Eldership, Isangelia: Clement of Alexandria and the Ascetic
Tradition
Bogdan G. Bucur
Chapter II ................................................................................................... 46
Origen and Logocentrism: A Few Observations on a Recent Debate
Vlad M. Niculescu
Part II The Maturation of a Tradition: St Athanasius
Chapter III ................................................................................................. 72
Athanasius’ Letters to Serapion: Resource for a Twenty-First Century
Theology of God the Trinity
Denis Edwards
Chapter IV ................................................................................................. 93
The Gift of Receptivity: St Athanasius on the Security of Salvation
Adam G. Cooper
Chapter V ................................................................................................ 110
Soteriological Insights in St Athanasius’ On the Incarnation
Philip Kariatlis
Chapter VI ............................................................................................... 122
The Chora Within: Unveiling Asceticism in St Athanasius’
Life of St Antony
Andrew Mellas
Chapter VII .............................................................................................. 139
The Traditional Portrayal of St Athanasius according to Rufinus,
Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodoret
Mario Baghos
Part III Furthering the Legacy: St Cyril
Chapter VIII ............................................................................................ 174
The Festal Letters of the Patriarchs of Alexandria: Evidence for Social
History in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries
Pauline Allen
Chapter IX ............................................................................................... 190
The Philosophical Theology of St Cyril’s Against Julian
David Bradshaw
Chapter X ................................................................................................ 207
St Cyril on the Priesthood of Christ and the Old Testament
Jonathan Douglas Hicks
Chapter XI ............................................................................................... 228
St Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, and Pastoral Care
Pauline Allen
Chapter XII .............................................................................................. 246
Ecclesial Memory and Secular History in the Conflicting Representations
of St Cyril of Alexandria
Mario Baghos
Part IV Alexandria within Tradition
Chapter XIII ............................................................................................ 282
Worldview and Melodic Imagery in the Alexandrian Tradition
and Certain Patristic Antecedents
Doru Costache
Chapter XIV ............................................................................................ 322
Adam’s Holiness in the Alexandrine and Athonite Traditions
Doru Costache
Bibliography ............................................................................................ 369
Contributors ............................................................................................. 407
Index of Premodern, Non-Biblical Authors and Texts ............................ 411
Thematic Index ........................................................................................ 413