Life and Works of Rufinus, with Jerome's Apology

Rufinus of Aquileia · c. 400 AD

Ante-Nicene Fathers (Roberts–Donaldson), Roberts, Donaldson, and Coxe (eds.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing, 1885–1887; digitized by CCEL.

Tyrannius Rufinus; the principal Latin translator of Greek patristic literature in the late 4th century. His Latin renderings of Origen, Basil, Gregory of Nazianzus, and the Pseudo-Clementines preserved a substantial body of Greek thought for the Western Church. His Apology against Jerome (and Jerome's reply) is a primary witness to the first Origenist controversy.

Contents

1. Translation of Pamphilus' Defence of Origen(1 chapter)
2. Rufinus's Epilogue to Pamphilus the Martyr's Apology for Origen; otherwise The Book Concerning the Adulteration of the Works of Origen(1 chapter)
3. Rufinus' Apology in Defence of Himself(1 chapter)
4. The Letter of Anastasius, Bishop of the Church of Rome to John Bishop of Jerusalem Concerning the Character of Rufinus(1 chapter)
5. The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to Pammachius(99 chapters)
6. Jerome's Apology for Himself Against the Books of Rufinus(107 chapters)
7. A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed(49 chapters)
8. The Preface to the Books of Recognitions of St. Clement(1 chapter)
9. Rufinus' Preface to the Translation of Origen's Commentary on Psalms 36, 37, and 38(1 chapter)
10. Rufinus' Preface to the Translation of Origen's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans(1 chapter)
11. The Peroration of Rufinus Appended to His Translation of Origen's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans(1 chapter)