Happy New Year! In this post I want to inform our readers of some new books on eschatology and the theology of grace in early and medieval Christian history. On eschatology, they are: T.C. Schmidt, transl., Hippolytus of Rome: Commentary on Daniel and ‘Chronicon’ (Georgias Press, 2017). Peter of John Olivi, Commentary on the Apocalypse. Translation, Notes, and Introduction by Warren… Read more →
What a wonderful addition to patristic scholarship to have T.C. Schmidt’s translation of Hippolytus’ Commentary on Daniel. The commentary is divided into four books. Book Four contains Hippolytus’ interpretations of Daniel 7-12, and the 59 chapters therein interested me most. In this blog, I will elaborate on some of his expositions. 1. In 4.14.3 Hippolytus speaks of “when the Judge… Read more →
Hippolytus was a presbyter in the church at Rome about 200 AD. It is he who started the genre of literature we know as biblical commentaries, being the first to write a running commentary on one book of the Bible. The book he chose was the prophet Daniel. Hippolytus’ church was suffering under the persecution of the emperor Septimus Severus,… Read more →