Pier Franco Beatrice

Biographic Data

ID1048764
NAMEPier Franco Beatrice
GIVEN NAMESPier Franco
FAMILY NAMEBeatrice
SIGNATUREBEATRICE P F
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Padua
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS14
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Chromatius of Aquileia and the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles

    Pier Franco BeatriceARTICLEApocrypha2024

    This paper focuses for the first time on the problem of Chromatius of Aquileia’s knowledge and use of the apocryphal Acts of the apostles. Unlike other orthodox bishops and writers of his time (the decades between the fourth and fifth centuries), Chromatius shows appreciation for apocryphal sources and traditions concerning the apostles Peter, John, Andrew, and Thomas, never expressing doubts or reservations about their authority and reliability.…

  • The Transmission of Sin

    Pier Franco Beatrice, Adam KamesarBOOKTradux peccati2013

    The doctrine of the sexual transmission of the original sin was not invented by Augustine but stemmed from the tradition of Encratism and was incorporated by Augustine in a new orthodox synthesis which recognized the sanctity of marriage and procreation.

  • Tradux peccati

    Pier Franco BeatriceBOOKTradux peccati2013

    "Originally published in Italian in 1978, The Transmission of Sin is a study of the origins of the doctrine of original sin, one of the most important teachings of the Catholic Church. While the doctrine has a basis in biblical sources, it found its classic expression in the work of St. Augustine. Yet Augustine did not work out his theory on the basis of the biblical texts alone, rather he sought to understand them in the context of the religious…

  • The “Legacy of Adam” in Greek Theology from the Second to the Fourth Century

    Pier Franco Beatrice, Adam KamesarCHAPTERTradux peccati2013

  • Ambrose and Cyprian, Masters of Augustine

    Pier Franco Beatrice, Adam KamesarCHAPTERTradux peccati2013

    This chapter examines the thought of Augustine's acknowledged masters, Ambrose of Milan and Cyprian of Carthage. It considers whether Augustine was right or wrong in appealing to the testimony of Ambrose and Cyprian in his attempt to demonstrate, against the Pelagians, that his doctrine of original sin was ancient and part of ecclesiastical tradition. In other words, it asks if one can truly find in these authors a doctrine of hereditary guilt th…

  • Greek Philosophy and Gnostic Soteriology in Heracleon's »Hypomnemata«

    Pier Franco BeatriceARTICLEEarly Christianity2012

    e ihre Entscheidung über Glauben und Rettung treffen, d. h., ihre sterblichen Seelen mit dem göttlichen Geist verbinden. Aus Herakleons Sicht gibt es keine Prädestination zur Verdammnis für die sogenannten »Choiker«.

  • The Word "Homoousios" from Hellenism to Christianity

    Open AccessPier Franco BeatriceARTICLEChurch History2002Cited by: 14References: 26

    Homoousiosis one of the most important words in the Christian theological vocabulary, since it was used at the Council of Nicaea to express the divine consubstantiality of the Son with the Father. However, long and complicated debates have not yet produced any significant agreement among scholars concerning its origin and meaning

  • Hellénisme et christianisme aux premiers siècles de notre ère

    Pier Franco BeatriceARTICLEKernos1997

    Hellnisme et christianisme aux premiers sicles de notre re

  • Quosdam Platonicorum Libros

    Pier Franco BeatriceARTICLEVigiliae Christianae1989

  • Quosdam Platonicorum Libros

    Pier Franco BeatriceARTICLEVigiliae Christianae1989