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Mark DelCogliano
@markdelcogliano.bsky.social
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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

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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · Apr 4
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)
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · 1d
A missed opportunity....
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · Aug 26
Yeah, I didn't choose that. Working out kinks in our process apparently.
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · Aug 26
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
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Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · Nov 26
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.
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Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · Nov 26
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.
Cover of book image. Title: Narsai: Selected Sermons. Cover image is a colorful page from a Syriac manuscript with black and red ink and decorative cross at the top. Image of back cover of the same volume, with blurbs by James Walters, Sebastian Brock, and Aaron Butts.
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Pseudo-Nathanius Porterensis @nporter.bsky.social · Nov 30
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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Pseudo-Nathanius Porterensis @nporter.bsky.social · Dec 23
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...
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Matthew R. Crawford @mcrawford.bsky.social · Mar 12
Coming this July. www.cambridge.org/au/universit...
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · Jun 17
Current view.
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · Jun 1
You just solved future contingents.
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · Jun 1
Who should I thank if I know tomorrow today?
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 30
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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And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · May 30
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!
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 30
Evagrius & Origenist controversy: Elizabeth Clark, Jon Dechow
Evagrius & monasticism: G. Bunge, Driscoll, C. Stewart, L. Dysinger
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 30
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
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 30
Can you narrow down your interest? There are many ways of approaching Evagrius and the scholarship reflects this.
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 30
An indispensable resource: evagriusponticus.net/index.htm
Guide to Evagrius Ponticus: Introduction
evagriusponticus.net
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 28
"'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.
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 28
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
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 27
Agreed!
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 27
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.
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 27
Fascinating observation. And the Catholic tendency to elevate Mary to co-redemptrix is a kind of natural terminus of the Nicene impulse.
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 25
Agreed.
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 25
Yep. Left mine there too.
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 25
While at #NAPS2025 this week popped into the Art Institute to see the fascinating Torlonia Collection exhibit.
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 19
Looking forward to seeing you again!
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · May 16
Define permanent.
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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · May 11
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...
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Adam Renberg @adamrenberg.bsky.social · Apr 15
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
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Matthew R. Crawford @mcrawford.bsky.social · Apr 15
I wrote a short piece on Easter and the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea
www.abc.net.au/religion/170...
Is the 1700th anniversary of Nicaea an opportunity to reestablish a common date for Easter? - ABC Religion & Ethics
This year is not only the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council of the church, but also one of the years when Catholic and Orthodox Easter celebrations coincide — an occasion to reflect ...
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Mark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · Apr 10
www.academia.edu/1860504/Situ...
Situating Sarapion’s Sorrow: The Anthropomorphite Controversy as the Historical and Theological Context of Cassian’s Tenth Conference on Pure Prayer
Situating Sarapion’s Sorrow: The Anthropomorphite Controversy as the Historical and Theological Context of Cassian’s Tenth Conference on Pure Prayer
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