Isidore of Pelusium did not pirate Eusebius
Somewhere I read that book 2, letter 212 of Isidore of Pelusium was an unacknowledged copy of part of Eusebius Ad Marinum. This would make it valuable as a witness to the text of the latter. But I...
View ArticleCyril of Alexandria, Commentary on John, vol. 2 now on Archive.org
A customer for my CDROM of the Fathers wrote to ask if I had a PDF of vol. 2 of Cyril’s Commentary on John, since I had scanned it for my site. Luckily for him I had the chance to look, and found the...
View ArticleStyles of translation – an example from Isidore of Pelusium
A friend has been typing up the Greek text of letter 212 of Isidore of Pelusium for me. This is one of the fragments of Eusebius of Caesarea’s Gospel Problems and Solutions, so I have a translation of...
View ArticleAlways verify your references
To Norwich this morning, mainly to escape my cleaning lady. But I went into the cathedral library, where I knew that they had a 1696 edition of the works of Julian the Apostate. This includes the...
View ArticleFrom my diary
Lots of work this afternoon. The translator writing direct to the typesetter with instructions caused quite a flurry! But the situation is now under control and I’m back in the middle, vetting and...
View ArticleCyril of Alexandria buys the government
The collection of letters of Cyril of Alexandria that has come down to us is really a dossier of materials surrounding the Nestorian controversy. That unedifying story has many low points. One that...
View ArticleLetters of Isidore of Pelusium
A translation of the first 14 letters of Isidore of Pelusium came in this morning. It’s generally looking good, although the people I use to verify this are on holiday! But I’ve paid the sum agreed...
View ArticleBack to Isidore of Pelusium’s letters
An email reached me today from a chap volunteering to take on a commission for some Greek and Syriac (and Armenian for that matter, although I have none in mind at the moment). I’ve written back and...
View Article14 letters of Isidore of Pelusium
Isidore of Pelusium: Letters 1-14 (PG 78, cols. 177-189) 1. To the monk Nilus. The holy bishops and the guides of the monastic discipline, from the conflicts and struggles which they underwent,[1]...
View ArticleLetters 97-101 of Isidore of Pelusium
LETTER XCVII – to Hymetios. Against the Macedonians, or Spirit-Contesters. It was in order to show the union of the most Holy Spirit with Himself and the Father said to the disciples that Our Lord and...
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