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Refutation of Proclus' Elements of Theology

Anaptyxis tes Theologikes stoicheioseos Proklou · Nicholas of Methone · c. 1150-1160 · treatise

Greek · domain: philosophy · researched 2026-11-13

no English translation located. No published English translation of this text was located in the catalogues and series checked. Where only a non-English rendering or a translation of a daughter version exists, it is recorded below and does not close the gap. Treat this as a gap candidate, not as proof that no translation exists; the evidence names every source checked.

Why this is in the register

HOLLIS Primo search 'Nicholas of Methone refutation Proclus' returns Angelou's critical edition (Corpus philosophorum Medii Aevi, Philosophi Byzantini 1, Athens/Leiden 1984), whose note reads 'Introductory material in English; text in Greek' - i.e. the edition is not a translation. The 2025 Brill volume 'Nicholas of Methone, Reader of Proclus in Byzantium' (ed. Greig, Robinson, Calma) is an edited volume of contextual studies, not a translation. A scan of the series field across all 32 HOLLIS records returned for 'Nicholas of Methone' shows no volume in the Fathers of the Church, Ancient Christian Writers or Popular Patristics series. No complete English translation was located (checked 2026-11-13).

Chapter-by-chapter refutation of Proclus's Elements of Theology from an Orthodox standpoint - the principal Byzantine Christian engagement with pagan Neoplatonism. A translation would sit naturally beside the existing English Proclus editions.

Existing translations recorded

None recorded in English. Non-English versions, where they exist, are named in the evidence above.

Electronic text

No open electronic text was verified for this work. The Greek/Coptic/Geʿez may exist only in a print or subscription edition (Migne, CSCO, TLG, CMCL).

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: open scan — 1 candidate(s). The Refutatio is NOT in Migne: PG 135 prints only Nicholas' De corpore et sanguine Christi (checked in 135_djvu.txt, and that volume does OCR Greek properly at ~25% function-word rate), with an explicit note that the Proclus refutation was omitted because of the 1825 Frankfurt edition - which is exactly the open scan recorded here. Angelou's 1984 critical edition (Philosophi Byzantini 1) is in copyright. No digitised manuscript was found in DigiVatLib/LOC/HMML, so none is claimed.

Scan / witnessFormatPagesRightsOCREvidence
Initia philosophiae ac theologiae ex Platonicis fontibus ducta, t. 4: Nicolai M…
internet-archive · creuzer-initia-philosophiae-ac-theologiae-ex-platonicis-fontibus-ducta-gr-lat-t.-4-1825
pdf—public-domaingoodMetadata title: 'T. 4: Nicolai Methonensis Refutatio institutionis theologicae Procl...'; OCR'd title page reads '... EIUSDEM PROCLI ... THEOLOGICA ... NICOLAI METHONENSIS ... Refutatio institutionis theologicae'. _djvu…

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: Nicholas of Methone "Refutation of Proclus Elements of Theology" — 1 record(s); match basis author_title.

RecordCitation
Anaptyxis tēs Theologikēs stoicheiōseōs Proklou Platōnikou philosophou
Nikolaos, Bishop of Methone, active 12th century · 1984 · grc, eng
Nikolaos, Bishop of Methone, active 12th century. "Anaptyxis tēs Theologikēs stoicheiōseōs Proklou Platōnikou philosophou." Athēnai : Akadēmia Athēnōn ; Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1984. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990040744200203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Refutation of Proclus' Elements of Theology” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-nicholas-methone-refutatio