Seguendo Gesù. Testi cristiani delle origini, volume I

The volume covers the introduction, the critical edition, the analysis and the Italian translation of the seven original letters of Ignazio of Antiochia and of other two (anonymous) fundamental works from the first and a half century of Christianity, i.e. the so called First letter of Clement to the Corinthians and the Didaché. Besides revealing the churches’ organization, these works show the different ways in which the figure of Jesus Christ was perceived in two different areas where Christianity was propagated: Rome and the region of Syria.

Il volume contiene l’edizione critica, la traduzione, un’ampia introduzione e commento a tre testi fondamentali del primo secolo del cristianesimo: la cosiddetta Prima lettera di Clemente ai Corinzi, le lettere di Ignazio e la Didachè. Prinzivalli ha curato la Lettera di Clemente ai Corinzi, il primo documento sicuramente di origine romana nella storia del cristianesimo, e due delle lettere di Ignazio, ai Romani e a Policarpo, molto importanti per la mistica e per la sua concezione della funzione del vescovo. The volume contains the critical edition, the Italian translation, a broad introduction and commentary on three fundamental texts of the first century of Christianity: the so called First letter of Clement to the Corinthians, the Letters of Ignatius and the Didachè. Emanuela Prinzivalli was concerned with the First letter of Clement to the Corinthians, certainly the first document of Roman origin in the history of Christianity, two of Ignatius’ letters, very important for the mystical language (to the Romans), and his view of the role of bishops (to Polycarpus).