Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria (412-444), is best known as a protagonist in the christological controversy of the second quarter of the fifth century. Readers may be surprised therefore to find such polemic absent from this early work on the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament. Cyril appears in this work as a balanced commentator, eclectic in his attitude and tolerant of alternative views.

These essays offer a scholarly reflection on various historical and doctrinal aspects of Aquinas's concept of ius, and on the extent to which this concept helps to illuminate his account of the nature of law, that is, of the juridical phenomenon.

Contributes to an understanding of early Christian attitudes towards the problem of suffering and the means of God's providence in the lives of the saints.

Presents a text and translation of the largest of three collections of Theodoret of Cyprus's letters that have come down (first edited by the Jesuit father Jacques Sirmond, Paris 1642).

Presents a text and translation of the largest of three collections of Theodoret of Cyprus's letters that have come down (first edited by the Jesuit father Jacques Sirmond, Paris 1642).

Presents a text and translation of the largest of three collections of Theodoret of Cyprus's letters that have come down (first edited by the Jesuit father Jacques Sirmond, Paris 1642).

Presents a text and translation of the largest of three collections of Theodoret of Cyprus's letters that have come down (first edited by the Jesuit father Jacques Sirmond, Paris 1642).

The neurological criteria for the determination of death remain controversial within secular and Catholic circles, even though they are widely accepted within the medical community. In Determining Death by Neurological Criteria, Matthew Hanley offers both a practical and a philosophical defense.