Tradition and the rule of faith in the early church: essays in honor of Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J

The meaning of "tradition" is broad. It can refer to the deposit of faith or the "Apostolic Tradition," to Scripture as the most perfect expression of what is handed over from Christ, or to the disciplinary and liturgical practices of the Church. It can also refer more broadly to those theological and doctrinal teachings, inherited by one generation of ecclesiastical writers and passed on to another generation of theological heirs. The Fathers themselves were always acutely aware of the traditions they stood within and especially of their relation to the Apostolic Tradition. Tradition and the rule of faith are particularly apt themes for this collection of studies. The essays are written in honor of Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J., renowned American patristic scholar whose research and writings have focused on this particular theme. The volume brings together some of the most prominent scholars from the U.S. and abroad, specializing in different areas of patristic studies, to address tradition and the rule of faith. ABOUT THE Ronnie J. Rombs is assistant professor of theology at the University of Dallas. He is the author of St. Augustine and the Fall of the Soul and coeditor of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Alexander Y. Hwang is assistant professor of historical theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and author of Intrepid Lover of Perfect The Life and Thought of Prosper of Aquitaine. Jonathan J. Armstrong, D. Jeffrey Bingham, J. Patout Burns, Brian E. Daley, S.J., Everett Ferguson, Alexander Y. Hwang, Joseph F. Kelly, Thomas F. Martin, O.S.A., Sara Parvis, Ronnie J. Rombs, Thomas Scheck, A. Edward Siecienski, Kelley McCarthy Spoerl, Kenneth B. Steinhauser, Roland J. Teske, S.J., Frederick Van Fleteren Foreword vii Roland J. Teske, S.J. Introduction ix Abbreviations xv Part One: Tradition and the Rule of Faith in the Fathers of the Church 1. Paradosis and Traditio: A Word Study 3 Everett Ferguson 2. From the κανὼν τῆς ἀληθείας to the κανὼν τῶν γραφῶν: 30 The Rule of Faith and the New Testament Canon Jonathan J. Armstrong 3. The Bishop in the Mirror: Scripture and Irenaeus’s 48 Self-Understanding in Adversus haereses Book One D. Jeffrey Bingham 4. Prosper, Cassian, and Vincent: The Rule of Faith in 68 the Augustinian Controversy Alexander Y. Hwang Part Two: Tradition and the Rule of Faith in the Arian Controversy 5. Joseph Lienhard, Marcellus of Ancyra, and 89 Marcellus’s Rule of Faith Sara Parvis 6. Apollinarius and the First Nicene Generation 109 Kelley McCarthy Spoerl 7. The Enigma of Meletius of Antioch 128 Brian E. Daley, S.J. Part Three: Augustine, Tradition, and the Rule of Faith 8. Augustine’s Appeal to Tradition 153 Roland J. Teske, S.J. 9. Augustine, Paul, and the Ueritas Catholica 173 †Thomas F. Martin, O.S.A. 10. How Christ Saves: Augustine’s Multiple Explanations 193 J. Patout Burns 11. Augustine Laughed: De beata vita 211 Kenneth B. Steinhauser 12. Unum Deum . . . Mundi Conditorem: Implications 232 of the Rule of Faith in Augustine’s Understanding of Time and History Ronnie J. Rombs Part Four: The Traditio Patrum 13. Traditio Patrum in Early Christian Ireland 253 Joseph F. Kelly 14. Interpretation, Assimilation, Appropriation: Recent 270 Commentators on Augustine and His Tradition Frederick Van Fleteren 15. (Re)defining the Boundaries of Orthodoxy: The Rule of 286 Faith and the Twentieth-Century Rehabilitation of Origen A. Edward Siecienski 16. Erasmus’s Edition of Origen 308 Thomas Scheck Joseph T. Lienhard, Significant Dates and Bibliography 337 Contributors 345 Index 347 Paradosis and traditio : a word study / Everett Ferguson The rule of faith and the New Testament canon / Jonathan J. Armstrong The bishop in the mirror : scripture and Irenaeus's self-understanding in Adversus haereses, book one / D. Jeffrey Bingham Prosper, Cassian, and Vincent : the rule of faith in the Augustinian controversy / Alexander Y. Hwang Joseph Lienhard, Marcellus of Ancyra, and Marcellus's Rule of faith / Sara Parvis Apollinarius and the first Nicene generation / Kelley McCarthy Spoerl The enigma of Meletius of Antioch / Brian E. Daley Augustine's appeal to tradition / Roland J. Teske Augustine, Paul, and the Ueritas catholica / Thomas F. Martin How Christ saves : Augustine's multiple explanations / J. Patout Burns Augustine laughed (De beata vita 2,10) / Kenneth B. Steinhauser Unum deum mundi conditorem : implications of the rule of faith in Augustine's understanding of time and history / Ronnie J. Rombs Traditio patrum in early Christian Ireland / Joseph F. Kelly Interpretation, assimilation, appropriation : recent commentators on Augustine and his tradition / Frederick Van Fleteren (Re)defining the boundaries of orthodoxy : the rule of faith and the twentieth-century rehabilitation of Origen / A. Edward Siecienski Erasmus's edition of Origen / Thomas Scheck Joseph T. Lienhard, significant dates and bibliography.