Ignatius and Concord: The Background and Use of the Language of Concord in the Letters of Ignatius of Antioch (Patristic Studies)

The study of Ignatius of Antioch has for several centuries been chiefly concerned with two enigmas relating to the corpus of literature associated with him: authorship and date. This book goes beyond these issues in that it evaluates the meaning and purpose of these letters on their own terms in an attempt to better understand the background and the exigencies that helped produce them. By evaluating how homonoia was used in a variety of contexts and comparing these uses with those in Ignatius of Antioch, this book provides a fresh approach to his letters. Broken by the discord in his own church and shamed with a difficult journey to an ignominious death, Ignatius sought to admonish the church members with whom he had contact - almost as if it were a last testament - to avoid schism by staying united and by submitting to the bishop, presbyters, and deacons appointed over them. These letters were written out of the context of Ignatius' experiences of discord. Thus, concord, unity, and submission to the leaders were such overriding concerns for him as he made his way across the empire to Rome, where he died as a martyr. From The Past To The Present : The Enigma Of Ignatius -- Review Of The Ignatian Problem -- Recent Critiques : Hübner And Lechner -- Homonoia And The Flavians -- Overview And Method -- Homonoia And Concordia : From Its Origins To The Principate -- Origins Of Homonoia -- Homonoia And Hellenism -- Concordia In Rome To The End Of The Republic -- Concordia And Homonoia The Principate -- Conflict And Concord : Succeeding The Reigns Of Nero And Domitian -- Imperial Power And Provincial Concord : The Imperial Cult And The Homonoia-coins Of The Greek East -- The Imperial Cult And Homonoia In The Greek East -- Coins And Conflict : The Imperial Cult And Homonoia-coins -- Images And Metaphors Of The Imperial Cult In Ignatius -- Ignatius And The Homonoia-coins : Ign. Magn. 5-6 -- The Literary Context Of Homonia In The Second Sophistic And Related Literature -- The Second Sophistic And Homonoia : The Golden Past Of A Silver Present -- Dio Chrysostom And The Politics Of Homonoia -- Aelius Aristides And The Discord Of The Cities -- Ignatian Homonoia And Imperial Power -- Homonoia In The Literature Of Early Judaism : Philo, Josephus And 4 Maccabees -- The Use Of Homonoia By Philo Of Alexandria -- Josephus, The Flavians, And Homonoia -- Homonoia And 4 Maccabees -- Ignatius Letters And 4 Maccabees -- Homonoia In Early Christian Literature : Paul And 1 Clement -- Deliberative Rhetoric And The Concord-speech In Antiquity -- Corinthians 1:4 : Deliberative Rhetoric Urging Concord -- The Concord-speech And 1 Corinthians -- Homonoia And 1 Clement -- Clement's Uses Of Homonoia -- Ignatius' Epistle To The Philadelphians : A Deliberative Letter Urging Concord -- Homonoia In Ignatius Of Antioch And His Theological And Historical Contexts -- Homonoia In The Letters Of Ignatius Of Antioch -- Ignatius' Epistle To The Ephesians -- Ignatius' Epistle To The Magnesians -- Ignatius' Epistle To The Trallians -- Ignatius' Epistle To The Philadelphians -- Ignatius And The Unity Of God -- Ignatius And The 'peace' In Syria. John-paul Lotz. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [227]-241) And Index. From the past to the present : the enigma of Ignatius Review of the ignatian problem Recent critiques : Hubner and Lechner Homonoia and the Flavians Overview and method Homonoia and Concordia : from its origins to the principate Origins of Homonoia Homonoia and hellenism Concordia in Rome to the end of the republic Concordia and Homonoia the principate Conflict and Concord : succeeding the reigns of Nero and Domitian Imperial power and provincial Concord : the imperial cult and the Homonoia-coins of the Greek East The imperial cult and Homonoia in the Greek East Coins and conflict : the imperial cult and Homonoia-coins Images and metaphors of the imperial cult in Ignatius Ignatius and the Homonoia-coins : ign. magn. 5-6 The literary context of Homonia in the second sophistic and related literature The second sophistic and Homonoia : the golden past of a silver present Dio chrysostom and the politics of Homonoia Aelius Aristides and the discord of the cities Ignatian Homonoia and imperial power Homonoia in the literature of early Judaism : Philo, Josephus and 4 Maccabees The use of Homonoia by Philo of Alexandria Josephus, the Flavians, and Homonoia Homonoia and 4 Maccabees Ignatius letters and 4 Maccabees Homonoia in early Christian literature : Paul and 1 Clement Deliberative rhetoric and the Concord-speech in antiquity Corinthians 1:4 : deliberative rhetoric urging Concord The Concord-speech and 1 Corinthians Homonoia and 1 Clement Clement's uses of Homonoia Ignatius' Epistle to the Philadelphians : a deliberative letter urging Concord Homonoia in Ignatius of Antioch and his theological and historical contexts Homonoia in the letters of Ignatius of Antioch Ignatius' Epistle to the Ephesians Ignatius' Epistle to the Magnesians Ignatius' Epistle to the Trallians Ignatius' Epistle to the Philadelphians Ignatius and the unity of God Ignatius and the peace in Syria. Contents 8 Acknowledgments 12 General Abbreviations 14 Primary Source Abbreviations 16 1. Background and Methodology 20 2. O(m(mon&n& oia and Concordia: From its Origins to the Principate 34 3. Imperial Power and Provincial Concord 56 4. The Literary Context of o(m(mon&n& oia in the Second Sophistic and Related Literature 86 in the Second Sophistic and Related Literature 86 5. O(m(monoia/a/ in the Literature of Early Judaism 114 6. O(m(mon&n& oia in Early Christian Literature 144 7. O(m(mon&n& oia in Ignatius of Antioch and his Theological and Historical Contexts 176 8. Summary and Conclusions 208 Notes 216 Bibliography 246 Index 262 Ignatius,and,Concord