Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Exordium
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Text of Revelation and Scholia in Apocalypsin
- Part II Expanded Notes to the Scholia
- Expanded Notes to Scholion I
- Expanded Notes to Scholion II
- Expanded Notes to Scholion III
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion V
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion X
- Expanded Notes To Scholion XI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Adnotatio Post Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIX
- Bibliography
- Index of authors cited in the scholia
- Index of Names in the Scholia
- Index of terms in the scholia
- Biblical citations in the scholia
- Index of modern authors
- General index
Expanded Notes to Scholion X
from Part II - Expanded Notes to the Scholia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Exordium
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Text of Revelation and Scholia in Apocalypsin
- Part II Expanded Notes to the Scholia
- Expanded Notes to Scholion I
- Expanded Notes to Scholion II
- Expanded Notes to Scholion III
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion V
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion VIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion IX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion X
- Expanded Notes To Scholion XI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Adnotatio Post Scholion XXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXIX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXX
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXV
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVI
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXVIII
- Expanded Notes to Scholion XXXIX
- Bibliography
- Index of authors cited in the scholia
- Index of Names in the Scholia
- Index of terms in the scholia
- Biblical citations in the scholia
- Index of modern authors
- General index
Summary
EN Xa: ἃ σὺν ἀγάπῃ κατορθοῦται
At this point, Cassian makes a shift from Rev. 2:2 (which is the text under analysis) to 1 Thess. 1:3. Nevertheless, the idea of ‘love’ being an ‘accomplishment’ (κατόρθωμα) is one more instance of Christian authors employing Stoic terminology. The notion of any ‘virtue’ being a ‘feat’ (κατόρθωμα) is a theme occurring abundantly in Gregory of Nyssa. So it does also in Cassian, who once again follows his Cappadocian hero. I have shown Cassian’s debts to Gregory in my edition of his works included in the same ancient codex. Certainly Stoicism in Christian authors is not uncommon; indeed the notion of ‘accomplishment’ (κατόρθωμα) appears in Didymus abundantly. However, in Didymus the association between ‘accomplishment’ (κατόρθωμα) and ‘virtue’ (ἀρετή), although definitely admired, does not enjoy the emphasis it does in Gregory of Nyssa and Cassian. Therefore, this expression is Cassian’s own and marks his wish to show that Rev. 2:2 fits well with 1 Thess. 1:3, which eventually serves to show once again that Revelation concurs with the rest of scriptural canon.
EN Xb: ἀγαπητικὴ διάθεσις
The term is notably present in Gregory of Nyssa and is used by Didymus, too. Again, the latter borrowed this from his Cappadocian hero, while the idiom does not occur in Origen. For it is in Gregory that the idea of the volatility of ‘loving disposition’ appears at various points.
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- An Ancient Commentary on the Book of RevelationA Critical Edition of the Scholia in Apocalypsin, pp. 236 - 241Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013