Jerusalem

1702 · réf. 49254 — London: J. Taylor 1702. First Latin edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 16 xv 1 439 1pp. Woodcut printer's device at title; additional half-title precedes main work; annotations; index and errata. Contemporary calf paneled in blind; spine elaborately tooled in gilt morocco lettering piece; dentelles; edges sprinkled in red. Mild wear at extremities; bookplate and old shelf marks at pastedown and endleaf; else an attractive copy with fine crisp text. Collation: 8 A-2E8 2F4 = 236 leaves. First Latin edition of this controversial work by Nektarios 1602/05-1676/85 the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1661 to 1669 dedicated to Thomas Tenison the archbishop of Canterbury and King William III. Fabricius notes that Nektarios was born in Crete and educated at Athens under Theophilus Corydales. He was a strict partisan of Greek orthodoxy and endorsed the Confession of Mogilas in 1662. “During his patriarchate the Romish emissaries were very active in endeavoring to persuade the Greek Christians of Palestine… to unite with the Church of Rome; among them a Franciscan named Peter was especially active in distributing five tracts in defense of the papal authority. These tracts Nectarius answered by the publication of another entitled Peri tes arches tou Papa antirresis - On the Beginning of the Pope Antichrist which is a fair refutation of the five principles laid down in the Roman Catholic tracts” McClintock & Strong Cyclopedia 6:914. This refutation first appeared at Yassy in 1681 or 1682 and was later translated into the present Latin version by the eminent scholar and Huguenot refugee to England Pierre Allix 1641-1717. The conclusion of the text notes “Excusus per Metrophanem Hieromonachum Giazi Yassy in Moldavia A. MDCLXXII” -- the year of the Synod of Jerusalem which represented the climax of the Orthodox reaction against the heresies of Cyril Lucaris. Following the main text are two brief discussions of the Jesuits pp.385-406: De Jesuitis On the Jesuits; De Jesuita qui in Orientales nugas es mendacia effugiit On the Jesuits Who Spewed Falsehoods upon the Easterners. Dedication signed P. Allix. Provenance: Bookplate de-accession stamp Cathedral Library Ely where Allix’ son John Peter d. 1758 was dean. References: ESTC T115885. Graesse 4: 655. Fabricius Bibl. Graeca 9 1814 310: “lucem videt moldauensibus typis a. 1682.” Full title and imprint: Του πανυ ÎºÏ…Ï Tou pany kyr Nectarii Patriarchae Hierosolymitani Confutation imperii papae in ecclesiam. Londini: extat apud Joannem Taylor in Caemeterio Paulino sub signo Navis. Anno MDCCII. J. Taylor hardcover