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Faith Healing in Late Byzantium: The Posthumous Miracles of the Patriarch Athanasios I of Constantinople

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In Faith Healing in Late Byzantium: The Posthumous Miracles of the Patriarch Athanasios I of Constantinople, by Theoktistos the Stoudite, Alice-Mary Talbot offers a translation of the accounts of miraculous healings attributed to Patriarch Athanasios I after his death. Talbot presents a fascinating glimpse into the beliefs and practices surrounding faith healing in the late Byzantine era. This translation provides valuable historical and theological insights into the phenomenon of posthumous miracles and the enduring significance of spiritual healing within the Byzantine Christian context.

Contents

Preface

5

List of Abbreviations

8

Introduction
  1. The Life, Death, and Posthumous Cult of Athanasios

11
  1. Theoktistos the Stoudite and the Logos on the Translation of the Relics of Athanasios

31
  1. Description of the Manuscript

38
  1. List of Signs

42

Greek Text of the Logos and Translation

43

Commentary

124

Appendix A: Theoktistos the Stoudite, a Ninth- or Fourteenth-Century Hymnographer?

145

Appendix B: The Writings of Theoktistos the Stoudite

148

Indices

153

 

 

Paperback:
162 Pages
Publisher:
Holy Cross Orthodox Press
ISBN:
978-0-916586-93-6
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6
Publication Year:
1983