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J.-P. Migne, Patrologiae cursus completus, series Graeca, tomus VIII, titulus

Editors' preface

PATROLOGIAE CURSUS COMPLETUS, SEU BIBLIOTHECA UNIVERSALIS, INTEGRA, UNIFORMIS, COMMODA, OECONOMICA OMNIUM SS. PATRUM, DOCTORUM, SCRIPTORUMQUE ECCLESIASTICORUM, SIVE LATINORUM, SIVE GRAECORUM, QUI AB AEVO APOSTOLICO AD AETATEM INNOCENTII III (ANN. 1216) PRO LATINIS ET AD PHOTII TEMPORA (ANN. 863) PRO GRAECIS FLORUERUNT: RECUSIO CHRONOLOGICA OMNIUM QUAE EXSTITERE MONUMENTORUM CATHOLICAE TRADITIONIS PER DUODECIM PRIORA ECCLESIAE SAECULA ET AMPLIUS, JUXTA EDITIONES ACCURATISSIMAS, INTER SE CUMQUE NONNULLIS CODICIBUS MANUSCRIPTIS COLLATAS, PERQUAM DILIGENTER CASTIGATA; DISSERTATIONIBUS, COMMENTARIIS, VARIISQUE LECTIONIBUS CONTINENTER ILLUSTRATA; OMNIBUS OPERIBUS POST AMPLISSIMAS EDITIONES QUAE TRIBUS NOVISSIMIS SAECULIS DEBENTUR ABSOLUTAS DETECTIS AUCTA; INDICIBUS PARTICULARIBUS ANALYTICIS, SINGULOS SIVE TOMOS SIVE AUCTORES ALICUJUS MOMENTI SUBSEQUENTIBUS, DONATA; CAPITULIS INTRA IPSUM TEXTUM RITE DISPOSITIS, NECNON ET TITULIS SINGULARUM PAGINARUM MARGINEM SUPERIOREM DISTINGUENTIBUS SUBJECTAMQUE MATERIAM SIGNIFICANTIBUS, ADORNATA; OPERIBUS CUM DUBIIS, TUM APOCRYPHIS, ALIQUA VERO AUCTORITATE IN ORDINE AD TRADITIONEM ECCLESIASTICAM POLLENTIBUS, AMPLIFICATA; DUCENTIS ET AMPLIUS INDICIBUS LOCUPLETATA; SED PRAESERTIM DUOBUS IMMENSIS ET GENERALIBUS, ALTERO SCILICET RERUM, QUO CONSULTO, QUIDQUID NON SOLUM TALIS TALISVE PATER, VERUM ETIAM UNUSQUISQUE PATRUM, ABSQUE ULLA EXCEPTIONE, IN QUODLIBET THEMA SCRIPSERIT, UNO INTUITU CONSPICIATUR; ALTERO SCRIPTURAE SACRAE, EX QUO LECTORI COMPERIRE SIT OBVIUM QUINAM PATRES ET IN QUIBUS OPERUM SUORUM LOCIS SINGULOS SINGULORUM LIBRORUM SCRIPTURAE VERSUS, A PRIMO GENESEOS USQUE AD NOVISSIMUM APOCALYPSIS, COMMENTATI SINT.

Complete Course of Patrology, or a universal, complete, uniform, convenient, and economical library of all the holy Fathers, Doctors, and ecclesiastical writers, whether of the Latins or of the Greeks, who flourished from the apostolic age to the time of Innocent III (the year 1216) for the Latins and to the times of Photius (the year 863) for the Greeks: a chronological reprinting of all the monuments of Catholic tradition that have existed through the first twelve centuries of the Church and more, most carefully corrected according to the most accurate editions, collated with one another and with several manuscript codices; continually illustrated with dissertations, commentaries, and various readings; enlarged with all the works discovered after the completion of the most ample editions that are owed to the three most recent centuries; furnished with particular analytical indexes following the individual volumes or authors of any importance; adorned with chapters duly arranged within the text itself, and also with titles distinguishing the upper margin of the individual pages and indicating the subject matter below; amplified with works both doubtful and apocryphal, yet possessing some authority with respect to ecclesiastical tradition; enriched with two hundred and more indexes; but especially with two vast and general ones, namely the one of Subjects, by consulting which whatever not only such or such a Father, but even each single one of the Fathers without any exception has written upon any theme whatever may be seen at a single glance; the other of Sacred Scripture, from which it is easy for the reader to find out which Fathers, and in what places of their works, have commented upon the individual verses of the individual books of Scripture, from the first of Genesis even to the last of the Apocalypse.

EDITIO ACCURATISSIMA, CAETERISQUE OMNIBUS FACILE ANTEPONENDA, SI PERPENDANTUR CHARACTERUM NITIDITAS, CHARTAE QUALITAS, INTEGRITAS TEXTUS, PERFECTIO CORRECTIONIS, OPERUM RECUSORUM TUM VARIETAS TUM NUMERUS, FORMA VOLUMINUM PERQUAM COMMODA SIBIQUE IN TOTO PATROLOGIAE DECURSU CONSTANTER SIMILIS, PRETII EXIGUITAS, PRAESERTIMQUE ISTA COLLECTIO, UNA, METHODICA ET CHRONOLOGICA, SEXCENTORUM FRAGMENTORUM OPUSCULORUMQUE HACTENUS HIC ILLIC SPARSORUM, PRIMUM AUTEM IN NOSTRA BIBLIOTHECA, EX OPERIBUS ET MSS. AD OMNES AETATES, LOCOS, LINGUAS FORMASQUE PERTINENTIBUS, COADUNATORUM.

A most accurate edition, and easily to be preferred to all others if one considers the clearness of the type, the quality of the paper, the integrity of the text, the perfection of the correction, both the variety and the number of the reprinted works, the very convenient form of the volumes—constantly uniform with itself throughout the whole course of the Patrology—the smallness of the price, and especially this single, methodical, and chronological collection of six hundred fragments and smaller works hitherto scattered here and there, but now for the first time brought together in our Library out of works and manuscripts belonging to all ages, places, languages, and forms.

SERIES GRAECA IN QUA PRODEUNT PATRES, DOCTORES SCRIPTORESQUE ECCLESIAE GRAECAE A S. BARNABA AD PHOTIUM,

Greek Series, in which appear the Fathers, Doctors, and writers of the Greek Church from St. Barnabas to Photius,

ACCURANTE J.-P. MIGNE, Bibliothecae Cleri universae, SIVE CURSUUM COMPLETORUM IN SINGULOS SCIENTIAE ECCLESIASTICAE RAMOS EDITORE.

edited by J.-P. Migne, editor of the Universal Library of the Clergy, or Complete Courses in the individual branches of ecclesiastical science.

PATROLOGIA, AD INSTAR IPSIUS ECCLESIAE, IN DUAS PARTES DIVIDITUR, ALIA NEMPE LATINA, ALIA GRAECO-LATINA; LATINA, JAM INTEGRE EXARATA, VIGINTI ET DUCENTIS VOLUMINIBUS MOLE SUA STAT, CENTUMQUE ET MILLE FRANCIS VENIT. GRAECA DUPLICI EDITIONE TYPIS MANDATA EST. PRIOR GRAECUM TEXTUM CUM VERSIONE LATINA LATERALIS COMPLECTITUR, ET FORSAN CENTUM VOLUMINUM EXCEDET NUMERUM. POSTERIOR AUTEM VERSIONEM LATINAM TANTUM EXHIBET IDEOQUE INTRA QUINQUAGINTA CIRCITER VOLUMINA RETINEBITUR. UNUMQUODQUE VOLUMEN GRAECO-LATINUM OCTO, UNUMQUODQUE MERE LATINUM QUINQUE FRANCIS SOLUMMODO EMITUR: UTROBIQUE VERO, UT PRETII HUJUS BENEFICIO FRUATUR EMPTOR, COLLECTIONEM INTEGRAM SIVE GRAECAM SIVE LATINAM COMPARET NECESSE ERIT; SECUS ENIM, CUJUSQUE VOLUMINIS AMPLITUDINEM NECNON ET DIFFICULTATES VARIA PRETIA AEQUABUNT.

The Patrology, after the likeness of the Church herself, is divided into two parts, namely the one Latin, the other Graeco-Latin; the Latin, now completely set forth, stands in its bulk at two hundred and twenty volumes, and is sold for one thousand one hundred francs. The Greek has been committed to print in a twofold edition. The first comprises the Greek text with a parallel Latin version at the side, and will perhaps exceed the number of one hundred volumes. The second exhibits the Latin version only, and therefore will be kept within about fifty volumes. Each Graeco-Latin volume is bought for eight francs only, each purely Latin one for five francs: in both cases, however, in order that the buyer may enjoy the benefit of this price, it will be necessary that he purchase the entire collection, whether Greek or Latin; for otherwise, varying prices will match the size and also the difficulties of each volume.

PATROLOGIAE GRAECAE TOMUS VIII.

Volume VIII of the Greek Patrology.

CLEMENS ALEXANDRINUS.

Clement of Alexandria.

EXCUDEBATUR ET VENIT APUD J.-P. MIGNE EDITOREM, IN VIA DICTA D'AMBOISE, PROPE PORTAM LUTETIAE PARISIORUM VULGO D'ENFER NOMINATAM SEU PETIT-MONTROUGE.

Printed and sold at the house of J.-P. Migne, the editor, in the street called d'Amboise, near the gate of Paris commonly named d'Enfer, or Petit-Montrouge. 1857.

1857

Editors' notes and page, col. 1

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other: full_width; editors' matter: the particular title page of PG 8 (Clement of Alexandria, Tomus prior), printed across the whole page and set whole here under its left column; col. 6 is its right-hand half (pointer, no text set there). Greek title printed in capitals without accents or breathings, set as printed. The numeral after SAECULUM is set III; its last stroke is oddly formed in the type.

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Editors' notes and page, col. 6