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Tables of Contents for Proclus of Constantinople and the Cult of the Virgin in Late Antiquity
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Abbreviations
xi
Acknowledgements
xiii
Introduction
1
6
Proclus, John Chrysostom, and Atticus of Constantinople
Sources and Background
7
3
Birth and Early Life
10
3
The Intellectual World of Fifth-Century Constantinople
13
3
Christianity and Hellenism
16
6
Proclus and John Chrysostom
22
3
Proclus and Atticus of Constantinople
25
16
Proclus Bishop of Cyzicus
The Death of Atticus
41
1
Proclus and Sisinnius of Constantinople
41
5
Proclus and Nestorius of Constantinople
46
10
Proclus, Homily I: On the Holy Virgin Theotokos
56
15
The Deposition of Nestorius
71
2
Maximian of Constantinople
73
6
Proclus Archbishop of Constantinople
The Election of Proclus
79
2
The Union of 433 and the Bishops of the East
81
11
The Quarrel Over Theodore of Mopsuestia and The Beginning of the `Three Chapters Controversy'
92
4
Rabbula of Edessa, Acacius of Melitene and the Campaign Against Theodore of Mopsuestia
96
5
The Unofficial Armenian Delegation
101
3
The Tome to the Armenians
104
8
Proclus, Ibas of Edessa, and John of Antioch
112
13
Proclus of Constantinople, Homilies 1--5
Introduction
125
3
Homily 1: Introduction
128
29
Text and Translation
136
12
Notes and Commentary
148
9
Homily 2: Introduction
157
36
Text and Translation
164
16
Notes and Commentary
180
13
Homily 3: Introduction
193
19
Text and Translation
198
6
Notes and Commentary
204
8
Homily 4: Introduction
212
33
Text and Translation
226
12
Notes and Commentary
238
7
Homily 5: Introduction
245
28
Text and Translation
256
10
Notes and Commentary
266
7
`The Ear of the Virginal Body': The Poetics of Sound in the School of Proclus
Introduction
273
2
From the New Testament to the Council of Ephesus
275
4
A Fifth-Century Consensus
279
3
Fertile Imaginations: Mary, Eve and the Serpent
282
8
Mother of Pearl
290
4
Theological Problems: The Demise of Mary's Ear
294
1
`Like Water Through a Tube'
295
2
The Voice of Gabriel and the Word of God
297
3
Christ the Angel
300
7
Conclusion
307
8
The Purple Thread and the Veil of the Flesh: Symbols of Weaving in the Sermons of Proclus
Introduction
315
2
Proclus and the Virgin's Loom
317
4
The `Tunic Without Seam'
321
4
The Protoevangelium of James
325
4
The Veil of the Temple
329
3
The Work of the New Eve
332
6
Weaving Symbolism in Late Antiquity
338
5
Women's Work
343
4
Proclus and Pulcheria
347
4
Epilogue: Clothing the Naked God
351
8
Appendix. The Christology of Proclus of Constantinople
359
20
Bibliography
379
44
Index of Ancient Authors and Works
423
11
Index of Biblical Citations
434
6
Subject Index
440
9
Index of Greek Terms
449