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TYCONIUS: EXPOSITION OF THE APOCALYPSE

My English translation of Tyconius’s Exposition of the Apocalypse has been published.  It is in Volume 134 of the Fathers of the Church series.  I hope you get a copy and enjoy reading his explanations of the Book of Revelation.

Tyconius wrote this Exposition about 380 AD.  It is useful in many ways. He interpreted John’s visions to make them relevant for the church of all times, similar to modern “idealist” interpretations.  He also believed that some passages in Revelation were symbolic of the future persecution of Antichrist, the Second Coming, and the Last Judgment.

He believed that the Book of Revelation is recapitulatory, rather than visions of events that reflect chronological order.  On some familiar passages and themes, Tyconius saw the 144,000 as a symbol of the whole church. Likewise, the two witnesses are symbolic of the church prophesying in both testaments. Those sitting on thrones and reigning for a thousand years represent the present reign of the saints; and the first resurrection “is in this life through forgiveness of sins.”

The introduction and notes to the translation of Tyconius were written by David Charles Robinson of Toronto.

For a review of our book in Augustinian Studies 50:2 (2019), click here.

For a review of our book in Russian, click here.

To order Tyconius of Carthage, Exposition of the Apocalypse from Amazon, click here.

I leave you with an encouragement from a Syriac commentator: “Let us spiritually refresh ourselves in the Apocalypse of the Son of God which is very dear and wonderful.”


CAROLINGIAN COMMENTARIES ON THE APOCALYPSE BY THEODULF AND SMARAGDUS

Carolingian Commentaries on the Apocalypse by Theodulf and Smaragdus by Francis X. Gumerlock, contains English translations of the commentary on the Book of Revelation by Theodulf of Orleans from the year 810 and of three homilies from the year 812 by Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel on Rev 1:1-5; Rev 4:1-10; and Rev 14:1-5.

The book is available from Amazon.


Gottschalk & A Medieval Predestination Controversy (Texts Translated From The Latin) (Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation)

GOTTSCHALK AND A MEDIEVAL PREDESTINATION CONTROVERSY

Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy: Texts Translated from the Latin. This book provides for the first time an English translation of Gottschalk’s key writings on predestination and various reactions from leading theologians of the ninth century, as well as an introduction to Gottschalk’s life and controversies.

For a review of this book see Catholic Books Review:
Victor GENKE & Francis X. GUMERLOCK, editors and translators, Gottschalk & A Medieval Predestination Controversy.
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Read a review of Gottschalk & A Medieval Predestination Controversy as published in Augustinian Studies 41:2 (PDF)

Read a review of Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy in Italian from Medioevo Latino journal. (Image file)

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Read a review of Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy in Croatian from Historiografija. (HTML)

Read a review of Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy from the Westminster Theological Journal. (PDF)