HOLLIS Primo 'Theodore of Mopsuestia Catechetical Homilies' and 'Theodore of Mopsuestia catechetical homilies English' (2026-11-13) return no modern English translation: the only complete rendering is the French critical edition 'Les homélies catéchétiques de Théodore de Mopsueste' (1949, Tonneau/Devreesse). The one English version is A. Mingana's 1930s rendering from a single Syriac manuscript, printed as Woodbrooke Studies 5 ('Commentary of Theodore of Mopsuestia on the Nicene Creed', 1932) and 6 ('... on the Lord's Prayer and on the Sacraments of Baptism and the Eucharist', 1933); both volumes are on archive.org, but they are long out of print, based on one manuscript, and predate the critical edition. No volume in Fathers of the Church, Ancient Christian Writers or Popular Patristics.
The most important gap in Theodore's corpus for liturgical and catechetical history: the homilies are the fullest early witness to Antiochene baptismal liturgy and to Theodore's doctrine of the two ages. Caveat on the status: Mingana's two volumes (260 and 306 pages) appear to render the whole surviving Syriac collection, so the corpus may in fact be covered by this 1930s version rather than only partly covered; what is certain is that no English translation of the 1949 critical text exists and that Mingana's is the only English access. Listed here because the brief counts an older translation as a coverage gap.
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| archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (1932); scan |
| archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (1933); scan |
| Record | Citation |
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| Re-envisioning Theodore : Theodore of Mopsuestia's biblical exegesis in his Catechetical homilies | Puchkova, Sofia. "Re-envisioning Theodore : Theodore of Mopsuestia's biblical exegesis in his Catechetical homilies." Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99158079604903941 |
| Christian education and worship in the making of the late-antique church : paideia and cult in the catechetical homilies of Theodore of Mopsuestia | Schwartz, Daniel Louis, 1973-. "Christian education and worship in the making of the late-antique church : paideia and cult in the catechetical homilies of Theodore of Mopsuestia." 2009. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99159105906003941 |
| Les homélies catéchétiques | Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia, approximately 350-428 or 429. "Les homélies catéchétiques." Paris : Migne : Diffusion Brépols, c1996. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990078454290203941 |
| Theodore of Mopsuestia | McLeod, Frederick G. "Theodore of Mopsuestia." London ; New York : Routledge, 2009. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990117481680203941 |
| Paideia and cult : Christian initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia | Schwartz, Daniel Louis, 1973-. "Paideia and cult : Christian initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia." Washington, DC : Center for Hellenic Studies ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2013. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990131908360203941 |