Marcus Diadochus (Greek: Mάρκος ὁ διάδοχος) was a Christian writer of the fourth century.[1]
His name is at the head of a "Sermon against the Arians" (Greek τοῦ μακαρἰoυ Mάρκου τοῦ Διάδοχου κατὰ Ἀρειανῶν λόγος, Latin Beati Marci Diadochi Sermo contra Arianos).[2] It was discovered by Johann Rudolf Wettstein in a manuscript codex of St. Athanasius at Basel and published by him at the end of his edition of Origen.[3] Another version of the same work was lent by Galliciolli to Andrea Gallandi and published in the Veterum Patrum Bibliotheca, V (Venice, 1765–1781). This is the text in Patrologia Graeca.[1][4]
The sermon quotes and expounds the usual biblical texts,[5] and answers difficulties.[6][1]
Diadochus, Bishop of Photike in Epirus in the fifth century, is a different person, author of a "Sermon on the Ascension" and of a hundred "Chapters on Spiritual Perfection";[4] whom Victor Vitensis praises in the prologue of his history of the Vandal persecution.[7] The two are often confused, as Migne does.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1910). . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Smith, William (1872). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. J. Murray. p. 945.
- ^ "De oratione" (Basel, 1694).
- ^ a b Patrologia Graeca LXV. 1141–1212
- ^ John, i, 1; Heb., i, 3; Ps. cix, 3-4; John, xiv, 6, 23, etc.
- ^ From Mark, xiii, 32; x, 10; Matt., xx, 23 etc.
- ^ Ruinart's edition, Paris, 1694, not. 3.
Further reading edit
- Jungmann-Fessler, Institutiones Patrologiae (Innsbruck, 1896), IIb, 147–148;
- Ulysse Chevalier Bio-Bibliographie, s.v.
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Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1910). "Marcus Diadochus". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company.