Ancoratus by St. Epiphanius of Cyprus

271 Pages·2014·0.86 MB·English

by  St. Epiphanius of Cyprus

THE FATHERS
OF THE CHURCH
A NEW TRANSLATION
VOLUME 128
THE FATHERS
OF THE CHURCH
A NEW TRANSLATION
EDITORIAL BOARD
David G. Hunter
University of Kentucky
Editorial Director
Andrew Cain Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J.
University of Colorado Fordham University
Brian Daley, S.J. Rebecca Lyman
University of Notre Dame Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Susan Ashbrook Harvey Wendy Mayer
Brown University Australian Catholic University
William E. Klingshirn Robert D. Sider
The Catholic University of America Dickinson College
Trevor Lipscombe
Director
The Catholic University of America Press
FORMER EDITORIAL DIRECTORS
Ludwig Schopp, Roy J. Deferrari, Bernard M. Peebles,
Hermigild Dressler, O.F.M., Thomas P. Halton
Carole Monica C. Burnett
Staff Editor
ST. EPIPHANIUS
OF CYPRUS
ANCORATUS
Translated by
YOUNG RICHARD KIM
Calvin College
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS
Washington, D.C.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Epiphanius, Saint, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus,
approximately 310–403.
[Ancoratus. English]
Ancoratus / St. Epiphanius of Cyprus ; translated by
Young Richard Kim, Calvin College.
pages cm. — (The fathers of the church. A new translation ;
VOLUME 128)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8132-2591-3 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Christian heresies—Early works to 1800. 2. Apologetics—
Early works to 1800. I. Kim, Young Richard, 1976– translator.
II. Title.
BR65.E653A5313 2014
273'.4—dc23 2013041514
나의 부모님께
(For my parents; Ephesians 6:1–3)

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations and Sigla xi
Select Bibliography xiii
INTRODUCTION
Introduction 3
ANCORATUS
Foreword 51
Letter from Presbyters of Syedra 53
Letter from Palladios 55
Ancoratus 57
INDICES
General Index 231
Index of Scriptural Allusions 239
and Citations

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I was introduced to Epiphanius very early in my graduate
school career at the University of Michigan, and this complicat-
ed, controversial historical figure has been at the center of my
research interests ever since. I must thank my advisor and men-
tor Raymond Van Dam for introducing me to him. I am grateful
to Matt Walhout, Dean of Research and Scholarship and to the
Provost’s Office at Calvin College for a Calvin Research Fellow-
ship (Fall 2009), which facilitated my preliminary work on this
volume, and I also appreciate the support and encouragement
I have received from my colleagues in the History and Classics
Departments.
I would like to thank Mark DelCogliano, who shared a pre-
published copy of an introduction to and translations of Athana-
sius and Didymus the Blind (completed together with Andrew
Radde-Gallwitz and Lewis Ayres), and Kelley Spoerl for her in-
sightful comments and suggestions on the introduction. I also
am indebted to Carole Monica Burnett, Staff Editor for the Fa-
thers of the Church series, for her clear and open communica-
tion, keen eye, and astute suggestions and corrections, and to
David Hunter, the Editorial Director, for his advice, direction,
encouragement, and time. I am grateful to the anonymous re-
viewers for their invaluable questions, suggestions, and correc-
tions. Any errors and shortcomings that remain are my own.
As is true for all of us in the academy, any research project
requires a significant sacrifice of personal time, and usually it is
our loved ones who bear the greatest burden. My wife Betty and
our sons Ewan and Rhys are my inspiration and joy. All my love
to them. Finally, I dedicate this volume to my parents, who im-
migrated from South Korea in 1975 to provide their future chil-
dren with the opportunity to study and to succeed. My work is
in part a testament to their sacrifice and support over the years.
s.d.g.
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