Hugo Lundhaug
Begotten, Not Made, to Arise in This Flesh: The Post-Nicene Soteriology of the Gospel of Philip
While the Gospel of Philip has traditionally be considered a Christian writing from before the Council of Nicaea, Lundhaug argues that it reflects post-Nicene theology and discusses its context in later Christian theological controversies over baptism, Eucharist and resurrection.
Lance Jenott
Clergy, Clairvoyance, and Conflict: The Synod of Latopolis and the Problem with Pachomius’ Visions
Jenott discusses political reasons for why Apa Pachomius, the famous fourth-century Egyptian abbot, was summoned to an ecclesiastical court by local bishops in order to explain his supernatural gift of spiritual discernment. Through a careful comparison of the different stories told in the Coptic, Greek and Arabic biographies of Pachomius, Jenott argues that it was not his spiritual powers per se that were suspect, but the fact that he appealed to direct revelations from God to justify the expansion of his monastic federation into new territories where it was not always welcome.