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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.

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.”

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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.

 

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Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy

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

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)

Read a review of Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy from The Medieval Review. (HTML)

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)

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Latest Posts

Recent Publications, 2020

November 22, 2020 By Frank Leave a Comment

I wanted to update you on some writings of mine that were published recently (in 2020). Translations by me of portions of an anonymous early-fifth century commentary on 1 Thessalonians and a late sixth-century commentary on Titus by Students of Cassiodorus were published in Early Church Fathers Study Bible, New Testament (Kendallville, IN: Literal Truth […]

Exegesis of the Apocalypse in the Tenth Century

April 12, 2020 By Frank Leave a Comment

Interpretation of the Book of Revelation in the early Middle Ages has received much scholarly attention, especially the commentaries from the sixth through ninth centuries. Did you ever wonder how Christians in the tenth century interpreted Revelation? My essay, entitled “Exegesis of the Apocalypse in the Tenth Century,” was recently published as Chapter 8 in […]

Latest Book Release: Carolingian Commentaries on the Apocalypse by Theodulf and Smaragdus

October 28, 2019 By Frank Leave a Comment

I am happy to announce the release of the book Carolingian Commentaries on the Apocalypse by Theodulf and Smaragdus by Francis X. Gumerlock. It 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 […]

Previous Posts

  • Recent Publications, 2020
  • Exegesis of the Apocalypse in the Tenth Century
  • The Rapture in an Eleventh-Century Text
  • Latest Book Release: Carolingian Commentaries on the Apocalypse by Theodulf and Smaragdus
  • Forthcoming Books & Articles in 2019
  • New Books on Eschatology & the Theology of Grace in Christian History
  • Tyconius, Exposition of the Apocalypse
  • Early Latin Commentaries on the Apocalypse
  • New Books and Commentaries on Revelation from the Middle Ages
  • Chromatius of Aquileia on John 21:22 and Rev 10:11

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