Macarius Magnes
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Macarius Magnes (
He may be the Macarius, bishop of Magnesia, who, at the
Like Macarius the Younger, this Macarius is frequently confused with Macarius of Egypt.
Apocriticus
The manuscript itself of the Apocriticus discovered in Athens in 1867 likely dates from the fifteenth century. The work was edited and published by Charles Blondel in 1876. Both the time period Macarius lived, as well as that of his opponent, is unclear; the most common speculations are the fourth century for Macarius, and the third century for the Hellene.[2]
Book 1, the first part of Book 2, and Book 5 of the Apocriticus are lost, leaving modern audiences with only a fragment of Book 2 and Books 3–4. Fragments of Book 1 and Book 5 survive in quotes elsewhere. The work is generally long quotes of the "Hellene" and their interpretation of Christian works, followed by refutations of their arguments. Book 2 focuses on the
References
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- ^ Adolf von Harnack, 1911, Kritik des Neuen testaments von einem griechischen Philosophen des 3. Jahrhunderts
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-25700-7.
Bibliography
- A. Capone, "The narrative sections of Macarius Magnes’ Apocriticus", in Lessico, argomentazioni e strutture retoriche nella polemica di età cristiana (III-V sec.), a c. di A. Capone, Turnhout 2012, pp. 253-270 [1].
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Vol. 7 (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls. p. 103.
Further reading
- Macarius, Apocriticus. Translated by Schott, Jeremy M.; ISBN 978-1-78138-130-4., a modern translation
External links
- Apocriticus 1919 translation by Thomas W. Crafer, HTML version (Google Books scan) (Tertullian.org HTML version)