Iberian Fathers. Vol. 1. Martin of Braga, Paschasius of Dumium, Leander of Seville (The Fathers of the Church 62)

In this volume, 'The Fathers of the Church' returns to the Christian Latin writers of the Iberian Peninsula, hitherto represented only by Orosius (Vol. 50) and Prudentius (Vols. 43, 52). What is now Portugal embraces Braga, the sec-city of Martin, Pannonian-born missionary. While abbot of nearby Dumium, Martin had a pupil Paschasius, whose 'Questions and Answers of the Greek Fathers' has never before been translated complete in any language. To what is now Spain belongs the third author in the volume, Leander, future bishop of Seville, where he was succeeded by his more famous and more prolific brother, Isidore. As with Paschasius, the works of Leander of Seville and of Martin of Braga are translated complete, many for the first time. The subjects range widely and include ethics (with the doctrine sometimes coming from Seneca or other pre-Christian writers), pastoral and ascetical theology, monastic discipline, liturgy, and the computation of the date of Easter. In this volume, The Fathers of the Church returns to the Christian Latin writers of the Iberian Peninsula, hitherto represented only by Orosius (Vol. 50) and Prudentius (Vols. 43, 52). What is now Portugal embraces Braga, the see-city of Martin, Pannonian-born missionary. While abbot of nearby Dumium, Martin had a pupil Paschasius, whose Questions and Answers of the Greek Fathers has never before been translated complete in any language. To what is now Spain belongs the third author in the volume, Leander, future bishop of Seville, where he was succeeded by his more famous and more prolific brother, Isidore. As with Paschasius, the works of Leander of Seville and of Martin of Braga are translated complete, many for the first time. The subjects range widely and include ethics (with the doctrine sometimes coming from Seneca or other pre-Christian writers), pastoral and ascetical theology, monastic discipline, liturgy, and the computation of the date of Easter. MARTIN OF BRAGA Introduction 3 Sayings of the Egyptian Fathers 17 Driving Away Vanity 35 Pride 43 Exhortation to Humility 51 Anger 59 Reforming the Rustics 71 Rules for an Honest Life 87 Triple Immersion 99 Easter 103 PASCHASIUS OF DUMIUM Introduction 113 Questions and Answers of the Greek Fathers 117 LEANDER OF SEVILLE Introduction 175 The Training of Nuns and the Contempt of the World 183 Sermon of the Triumph of the Church for the Conversion of the Goths 229 INDICES 239 This is the third volume in the works of the ""Iberian Fathers"" in the ""Fathers of the Church"" series, bringing together writings from Pacian of Barcelona and Orosius of Braga - two Iberian authors and orthodox partisans of the turbulent late 4th and early 5th centuries.