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Proclus of Constantinople and the Cult of the Virgin in Late Antiquity: Homilies 1-5, Texts and Translations

Proclus of Constantinople and the Cult of the Virgin in Late Antiquity: Homilies 1-5, Texts and Translations

Constas, Nicholas

Hardcover

Series: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, Book 66

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ISBN10: 9004126120
ISBN13: 9789004126121
Publisher: Brill
Published: Dec 18 2002
Pages: 450
Weight: 1.82
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.46 Depth: 9.64
Language: English
Proclus of Constantinople was an outstanding pulpit orator who established the rhetoric and rationale for the Byzantine devotion to the Mother of God. In this book, the critical editions of Proclus' most celebrated Marian sermons (Homilies 1-5) provide the point of departure for a far-reaching study of the rise of the Virgin's cult in Late Antiquity. The homilies are supported by a historical introduction to the life and work of Proclus, situating him within the larger religious culture of fifth-century Constantinople. Richly documented chapters explore the symbolism of the incarnation and virgin birth, including the notion of virginal conception through hearing, and the image of Mary's womb as a textile loom wich weaves a veil of flesh the bodiless divinity.

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