Patristica Orientalia Christiana

“What I received, I passed on” (1 Cor. 15:3)—these words of Paul could serve as a motto summarizing the calling of the church historian and patrologist. Like almost no other theological discipline, church history reveals the paths and missteps, the peaks and valleys of Christian thought over the course of time. The Fathers of the East and West, in particular, play a key role here, as their reflections can in many respects be considered pioneering and decisive for the further course of church history. Peter Bruns has dedicated his scholarly life’s work to the study and dissemination of church history, particularly that of the (Eastern) Church Fathers. His many years of service at Otto Friedrich University in Bamberg and other European universities bear impressive witness to this. The contributions in this commemorative volume aim to honor Peter Bruns—both as a theologian and as a person—on both a professional and personal level. With contributions by: Alexandru Ștefan Anca, Heinz-Lothar Barth, Ralph Eberhard Brachthäuser, Winfried Büttner, Evangelos Chrysos, Peter Fabritz, Michael Feldkamp, Alberto Ferreiro, Ansgar Frenken, Georg Gresser, Manfred Hauke, Stefan Heid, Hubert Kaufhold, Wolfgang Klausnitzer, Elmar Koziel, Uwe Michael Lang, Miklós Maróth, Giulio Maspero, Stephan E. Müller, David Johannes Olszynski, Georg Röwekamp, Georg Rubel, Matthias Scherbaum, Ludwig Schick, Josef Johannes Schmid, Michael Schneider SJ, Johannes Stöhr, Marie-Thérèse Urvoy, Burkard M. Zapff.