TY - BOOK AU - Daly, Robert J. AU - Daly,Robert J. TI - Apocalyptic Thought in Early Christianity T2 - Holy Cross studies in patristic theology and history SN - 9780801036279 AV - BT877 .A66 2009 U1 - 220.046 PY - 2009/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich., [Brookline, Mass.] PB - Baker Academic, Holy Cross Orthodox Press KW - Bible KW - N.T KW - Revelation KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - History KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - End of the world KW - History of doctrines KW - Apocalyptic literature KW - History and criticism KW - Apocalyptic Thought - Early Christianity KW - Revelation Interpretation KW - Apocalyptic Christian Understanding KW - Apocalyptic Criticism and Interpretation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; "I know your works": grace and judgment in the Apocalypse; Theodore Stylianopoulos --; Apocalyptic themes in the monumental and minor art of early Christianity; John Herrmann; Annewies van den Hoek --; Turning points in early Christian Apocalypse exegesis; Bernard McGinn --; "Faithful and true": early Christian apocalyptic and the person of Christ; Brian E. Daley --; Pseudo-Hippolytus's "In sanctum pascha": a mystery apocalypse; Dragoş-Andrei Giulea --; The; divine face and the angels of the face: Jewish apocalyptic themes in early Christology and pneumatology; Bogdan G. Bucur --; Hippolytus and Cyril of Jerusalem on the Antichrist: when did an Antichrist theology first emerge in early Christian baptismal catechesis?; J. A. Cerrato --; Expectations of the end in early Syriac Christianity; Ute Possekel --; Heavenly mysteries: themes from apocalyptic literature in the Macarian homilies and selected other fourth-century ascetical writers; Alexander Golitzin --; Eschatological horizons in the Cappadocian fathers; John A. McGuckin --; Christ's descent to the underworld in ancient ritual and legend; Georgia Frank --; The; early Christian Daniel apocalyptica; Lorenzo DiTommaso --; Temple and angel: apocalyptic themes in the theology of St. John Damascene; Elijah Nicolas Mueller --; Images of the second coming and the fate of the soul in middle Byzantine art; Nancy Patterson Ševčenko N2 - This volume explores how early Christian understandings of apocalyptic writings and teachings are reflected in the theology, social practices, and institutions of the early church. Experts on patristic and Byzantine Christianity present substantial samplings of biblical interpretation, theology, and visual art from first-millennium Christianity, especially from the East, to demonstrate the depth and variety of meaning early believers found in Daniel, Revelation, and related writings. --from publisher description; This volume explores how early Christian understandings of apocalyptic writings and teachings are reflected in the theology, social practices, and institutions of the early church. Experts on patristic and Byzantine Christianity present substantial samplings of biblical interpretation, theology, and visual art from first-millennium Christianity, especially from the East, to demonstrate the depth and variety of meaning early believers found in Daniel, Revelation, and related writings. --from publisher description ER -