University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 3: The Church in the Roman Empire

University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization #3

by Karl Frederick Morrison (Editor), John W. Boyer (Editor)

The University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization (nine volumes) makes available to students and teachers a unique selection of primary documents, many in new translations. These readings, prepared for the highly praised Western civilization sequence at the University of Chicago, were chosen by an outstanding group of scholars whose experience teaching that course spans almost four decades. Each volume includes rarely anthologized selections as well as standard, more familiar texts; a bibliography of recommended parallel readings; and introductions providing background for the selections. Beginning with Periclean Athens and concluding with twentieth-century Europe, these source materials enable teachers and students to explore a variety of critical approaches to important events and themes in Western history.

Individual volumes provide essential background reading for courses covering specific eras and periods. The complete nine-volume series is ideal for general courses in history and Western civilization sequences.

Genres: History

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

Reviews

[Garden Utensil]

Returned to library
might be useful?
introductions for all the excerpts are not super detailed, def reads as a course book where prof supplements more info

Table of Contents

THE CALL TO CONVERSION IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
Justin Martyr, First Apology
Tatian, Address to the Greeks
Letter to Diognetus

FROM PERSECUTED TO PERSECUTOR
The Martyrdom of Saint Perpetua: written as diary from her POV, describing relationship with father as he tries to convince her to stand back, also breastfeeding, also games (fighting beasts)
Eusebius of Caesarea, The Ecclesiastical Hsitory
Athanasius, History of the Arians
Sozomen, Ecclesiastical History
Codex Theodosianus
Augustine, Letter 185: On the Correction of the Donatists

RELATIONS BETWEEN CHURCH GOVERNMENT AND IMPERIAL ADMINISTRATION
Eusebius of Caesarea, Life of Constantine the Great
Ambrose, Letter 51: To Theodosius
Codex Theodosianus
Jerome, Letter 1: To Innocent
Augustine, The City of God
Pope Gelasius I, Letter to the Emperor Anastasius

CHRISTIANITY AND PAGANISM
Augustine, The City of God
Codex Theodosianus
Jerome, Against Vigilantius
Athanasius, Discourse 3 against the Arians
John Chrysostom, Homilies Concerning the Statues
Sozomen, Ecclesiastical History
Codex Theodosianus
Ambrose, Letters 17 and 18
Augustine, Letter 29
Gregory I, Dialogues
Justinian, Codex

ASCETICISM
Athanasius, Life of Saint Anthony
Augustine, Confessions
Tertullian, On the Apparel of Women

CHURCH ORDER
Didaskalia Apostolorum
Codex Theodosianus
Augustine, Confessions
John Chrysostom, Letter to Olympias
Aetheria, The Pilgrimage of Etheria
Eusebius of Caesarea, The Ecclesiastical History
Irenaeus of Lyon, Against Heresies
Cyprian of Carthage, Letter 68 (64): To Florentius Pupianus, On Calumniators
Pope Leo I, Sermon 3: On the Anniversary of His Elevation to the Pontificate

[Taylor Swift Scholar · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wow the Early Church is boring.