Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Church Fathers Fathers and ecclesiastical writers up to the end of the 8th century, anonymous works

De Recta in Deum Fide

By Erik Peterson

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DE RECTA IN DEUM FIDE. - Latin translation by Rufinus of the work of Pseudo-Origen or Adamantius. The Greek text, written around 300 in Syria, has as its author a contemporary of Methodius, whose works and those of other Fathers (Irenaeus) are used here. It is a discussion with the followers of Marcion, Bardesanes and Valentinus. The original title of the book is not known.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Critical edition of the Greek text and of the Latin translation: W. H. van de Sande Bakhuysen, Der Dialog des Adamantius

Περὶ τῆς εἰς θεῶν ὀρδῆς πίστεως, Leipzig 1901. Th. Zahn, Die Dialoge des « Adamantius » mit den Onosthern in Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte, 9 (1888), pp. 193-239; id., Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons, II, II, Leipzig 1892, pp. 419-26. Partly against Zahn and Ad. Harnack, Marcion, 2nd ed., Leipzig 1924, pp. 56 ff., 181 ff., 344 ff.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), coll. 1449–1450.

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Peterson, Erik. “De Recta in Deum Fide.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1449–1450. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/de-recta-in-deum-fide.

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Peterson, Erik. “De Recta in Deum Fide.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1449–1450. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/de-recta-in-deum-fide.

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  author    = {Peterson, Erik},
  title     = {De Recta in Deum Fide},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1449--1450},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/de-recta-in-deum-fide}
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