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Mark DelCogliano
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Professor & Chair, Dept. of Theology, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN | Early & Late Antique Christianity, Theological Debates & Developments, Scriptural Exegesis | Translator of ancient texts | Early riser | Slow reader | Classical guitarist .. more

History 47%
Philosophy 30%
Pinned
Dual language editions on facing pages. Coming late 2025 or early 2026:

Phoebadius, Contra Arianos (DelCogliano)
Apollinarius, Kata Meros Pistos (Kelley Spoerl)
Theodore, Debate with Macedonians (Matt Crawford)

A missed opportunity....

Yeah, I didn't choose that. Working out kinks in our process apparently.

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Those members of NAPS whose membership is current should have received an email today about the 2026 meeting. For those who did not receive the email, renew your membership; and you can view the email at www.patristics.org/annual-meeti...
Please share widely with your network & on social media.
Call for Papers – NAPS – The North American Patristics Society
www.patristics.org

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To celebrate both @younan.bsky.social's publication here and me crossing the 2k follower mark, let's have a thread about Narsai and some exciting new resources that have come out recently or are coming out soon.
Huge congratulations to @younan.bsky.social on the publication of this newly published translation of several sermons (mēmrē) of Narsai. I know from experience how tricky Narsai can be, but Andrew makes it look easy. I was honored to be among those who wrote a blurb for this important volume.

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I've joined the Substack revolution.

My first act as regent of patristics.substack is to dismantle the scholarly narrative that the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 was a compromise with the Pneumatomachians/Macedonians.

The people asked. I delivered.🤣 patristics.substack.com/p/did-the-cr...

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Just saw that @mcrawford.bsky.social's translation of Cyril's Against Julian is due to come out in July 2025! Can't wait for this.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
www.cambridge.org

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Current view.

You just solved future contingents.

Who should I thank if I know tomorrow today?

All faculty consultations about some new project are basically this: I don’t have a strong opinion, I support those who want to do it, I personally don’t want to be involved, and there’s no way I am leading it.

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hey NAPS members! you should have gotten an email from President David Brakke asking for your honest thoughts on what is important to you in our conference we we can find a more economically sustainable path! make your voice heard!

didn't get the email? check your membership status!

Evagrius & Origenist controversy: Elizabeth Clark, Jon Dechow
Evagrius & monasticism: G. Bunge, Driscoll, C. Stewart, L. Dysinger

It's been about 15 since I've followed Evagrian scholarship closely, and this list inevitably reflects my own interests, but here it is:
Reconstituing Evagrian corpus: Joseph Muyldermans, Antoine Guillaumont, Paul Géhin

Can you narrow down your interest? There are many ways of approaching Evagrius and the scholarship reflects this.

An indispensable resource: evagriusponticus.net/index.htm
Guide to Evagrius Ponticus: Introduction
evagriusponticus.net

"'Do not despise' he took from common usage, some people being accustomed to say, I despised so-and-so, that is, I was pleased to see him struggling with problems." Theodoret of Cyrus, Commentary on Obadiah (trans. C. Hill, p. 131). So the ancients knew about schadenfreude.

This seems like a watershed moment regarding the cultural hegemony of English and the advent of reliable AI translation. bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.05...
Changes to BMCR’s language policy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
bmcr.brynmawr.edu

Agreed!

I feel a hyphen joining old and ass would have been helpful. Now I am wondering what ass media is and how it becomes old.

Fascinating observation. And the Catholic tendency to elevate Mary to co-redemptrix is a kind of natural terminus of the Nicene impulse.

Agreed.

Yep. Left mine there too.

While at #NAPS2025 this week popped into the Art Institute to see the fascinating Torlonia Collection exhibit.

Looking forward to seeing you again!

Define permanent.

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You can only see the dust jacket here, but there /is/ a marvelous snake on the cover itself.
The Pearlsong — Harvard University Press
The Pearlsong is an ancient poem that recounts the story of a Parthian prince sent by his parents on a mission to Egypt to retrieve a pearl from the clutches of a giant serpent. Along the way, the pri...
www.hup.harvard.edu

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Read about Eustathius and his unique contribution to the debates around Arius here: www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...
On The Forgotten Nicene: Eustathius Of Antioch
What is Nicaea about? Most modern accounts will focus on the theological debate between Arius and Alexander of Alexandria, but the nature of the
www.patheos.com

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