The Fathers and Beyond: Church Fathers between Ancient and Medieval Thought
Marcia L. Colish
Contents: Introduction The Neoplatonic tradition: the contribution of Marius Victorinus St Augustine's rhetoric silence revisited Stoic hypothetical syllogisms and their transmission in Latin West through early Middle Ages Cosmetic theology: transformation a theme Cicero, Ambrose, ethics: or transformation? Classicism catechesis patriarch treatises Ambrose Milan on chastity Why Portiana? Reflections Milanese basilica crisis 386 Carolingian debates over nihil tenebrae: study theological method Mathematics, Monad, John Scot's conception Christology soteriology relation to his Greek sources 11th-century grammar thought Anselm Anselm's philosophy language reconsidered theory verbal signification problem lies false statements from antiquity Rethinking lying 12th century Sanz 'nfamia e sanza lodo: moral neutrality Alan Lille Dante virtuous pagan: Christian tradition Index.