This is the published version of one of the best plenaries I’ve ever heard at the Oxford Patristics conference.

Matthew R. Crawford@mcrawford.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's publication day! Available open-access: 'A Battle by Night? A Revisionist Account of the Early Stages of the Nestorian Controversy' academic.oup.com/jts/article/...

Here’s a brief summary of the book I co-edited with Lewis Ayres, which is officially published in the UK today. There’s a 30% off discount code at the end. mdelcogliano.substack.com/p/a-new-book...

A New Book: Mark DelCogliano and Lewis Ayres, Varieties of Nicene Theology

Mark DelCogliano and Lewis Ayres (eds.), Varieties of Nicene Theology: Phoebadius of Agen, Apollinarius of Laodicaea, and Theodore of Mopsuestia (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2026).

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30% off discount code: AUFLY30 at global.oup.com/academic

Job listing at University of St. Thomas: John and Paula Kelly Family Endowed Professorship in Catholic Leadership and Co-Director of the Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership. Please share! facultyemployment-stthomas.icims.com/jobs/9440/as...

Two years after submission, twenty-two years after conception, it’s published. I believe Sept. 28 is the official publication date in the US. Not sure about the UK and elsewhere. I’ll share a discount code when I receive one.

A position in the history of Mediterranean art before 1700 at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN—-please share! facultyemployment-stthomas.icims.com/jobs/9493/te...

Tenure Track, Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture in St. Paul, Minnesota | Careers at St. Paul

The Department of Art History and Visual Culture in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in the H...

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Yesterday, in her all-staff talk our VC chose to highlight the recent election of 5 FBAs from the University of Exeter. She failed to point out that 4 of us (with many of our colleagues) have just been placed at risk of redundancy. #DefendExeterUni @exeterucu.bsky.social

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#DefendExeterUni

I've not yet competently figured out how Substack works, but here is the first installment of "Down the Rabbit Hole," about a new book on Maximus the Confessor by a former student of mine. open.substack.com/pub/mdelcogl...

A New Book on Maximus the Confessor

Corey J. Stephan, Maximus the Confessor’s Thomistic Legacy, Mediaeval Law and Theology 10 (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2026).

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Is there a word for the decision one reluctantly makes, when using some crappy public WiFi, to turn it off on your phone to use your precious data? And then a word for when you forget to turn it back on back at home?

A great way to start the day: the new JECS at breakfast. We’re fortunate to have @emuehlbe.bsky.social as the editor!

Job Alert: tenure-track position in Theological Ethics at the rank of assistant professor to begin in the fall semester of 2027, in the Dept. of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Please share widely!

#NAPS2026 people: Today all registrants should have received email communications from me and from Trident (our conference management company) with important information about the conference later this week. Email me if you didn't. www.patristics.org/annual-meeti...

Buon compleanno a Roma. Picture taken 7:52am, 11 January 2026.

A new revised version of the NAPS Program, updated 4/14/2026. Let me know of any last minute changes. custom.cvent.com/DADF18846EBF...

Good practical advice here.

A revised version of the NAPS 2026 Program Book has been released. Let me know of any further corrections. custom.cvent.com/DADF18846EBF...

NAPS members whose membership is current should have received an email today about registration for the 2026 conference. If you didn't receive the email, make sure your membership hasn't lapsed. The program can be found here: custom.cvent.com/DADF18846EBF...

Register now for the 2026 NAPS conference: web.cvent.com/event/b7975b... The program can be found at the "Agenda" tab.

Those members of NAPS whose membership is current should have received an email today about the 2026 meeting. For those who did not receive the email, renew your membership; and you can view the email at www.patristics.org/annual-meeti... Please share widely with your network & on social media.

Current view.

All faculty consultations about some new project are basically this: I don’t have a strong opinion, I support those who want to do it, I personally don’t want to be involved, and there’s no way I am leading it.

hey NAPS members! you should have gotten an email from President David Brakke asking for your honest thoughts on what is important to you in our conference we we can find a more economically sustainable path! make your voice heard! didn't get the email? check your membership status!

"'Do not despise' he took from common usage, some people being accustomed to say, I despised so-and-so, that is, I was pleased to see him struggling with problems." Theodoret of Cyrus, Commentary on Obadiah (trans. C. Hill, p. 131). So the ancients knew about schadenfreude.

This seems like a watershed moment regarding the cultural hegemony of English and the advent of reliable AI translation. bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.05...

While at #NAPS2025 this week popped into the Art Institute to see the fascinating Torlonia Collection exhibit.

You can only see the dust jacket here, but there /is/ a marvelous snake on the cover itself.

The Pearlsong — Harvard University Press

The Pearlsong is an ancient poem that recounts the story of a Parthian prince sent by his parents on a mission to Egypt to retrieve a pearl from the clutches of a giant serpent. Along the way, the pri...

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I wrote a short piece on Easter and the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea www.abc.net.au/religion/170...

Is the 1700th anniversary of Nicaea an opportunity to reestablish a common date for Easter? - ABC Religion & Ethics

This year is not only the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council of the church, but also one of the years when Catholic and Orthodox Easter celebrations coincide — an occasion to reflect ...

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Read about Eustathius and his unique contribution to the debates around Arius here: www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...

On The Forgotten Nicene: Eustathius Of Antioch

What is Nicaea about? Most modern accounts will focus on the theological debate between Arius and Alexander of Alexandria, but the nature of the

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Dual language editions on facing pages. Coming late 2025 or early 2026: Phoebadius, Contra Arianos (DelCogliano) Apollinarius, Kata Meros Pistos (Kelley Spoerl) Theodore, Debate with Macedonians (Matt Crawford)

A monumental achievement and contribution!

Matthew R. Crawford@mcrawford.bsky.social · last yr.

Coming this July. www.cambridge.org/au/universit...