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Nathan Porter

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Imposter PhD student in patristics @ Duke. General editor @ luxpatrum.com Consubstantial with Theo & Rory. Romani ite domum. duke.academia.edu/NathanPorter

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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
(Lachlan's also currently at work on a Greek-English version of Macarius, using Wilson's translation – which is frequently regarded as superior to the CWS translation.)
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This baby's due out next week with Lux Patrum Publishing 😏 Thanks to Lachlan Hodgson for the labor he put into this book. Excited to see what you think of the new two-column/page format we're trying out.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The book offers a sample of some distinctive elements of Cyril's thought – not only of his Christology, but also of the Trinitarian theology that is otherwise found almost exclusively in the massive Thesaurus, Dialogues, and Commentary on John. ​ St. Cyril, pray for us!
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In honor of St. Cyril of Alexandria's feast day (June 27), Lux Patrum is offering our Greek-English edition of his Five Tomes Against Nestorius at a 30% discount! Hardcover: $20.99 Softcover: $16.79 Purchase your copy here: luxpatrum.com/cyril-feast/
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Feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria – 30% Off
Feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria 30% off Fives Tomes Against NEstorius Orders typically ship in 5-10 business days. Global delivery for every title. If you would like to order multiple books, pleas…
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Very surprised and honored to have received it!
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Scott D. Hendricks 📜🪶🪔 @scottdhendricks.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
See the newest Lux Patrum editions by my newest online buddy, @nporter.bsky.social. All editions come with the text in the original language on facing pages. Tbh I haven't seen or bought one in the wild yet, but I've heard great things! In one year of existence they've published like 8 books. Crazy!
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
15 new books! Thanks so much for the promo my friend.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
And don't forget to pick up a book from our spring sale! luxpatrum.com/spring-sale
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Spring Sale
Spring sale 30% off all Titles Order Your copy Today Orders typically ship in 5-10 business days. Global delivery for every title. If you would like to order multiple books, please submit individua…
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Lux Patrum is a year old this month. In our first year, we sold 1500 books to readers on every continent, published 15 new titles, and have 33 projects in progress by scholars around the world. Feeling very grateful today for the immense support and generosity you've shown!
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Lux Patrum's spring sale begins today! 30% OFF ALL BOOKS Hardcover: $20.98 (regular $29.98) Softcover: $16.78 (regular $23.98) Pick up one of our volumes at luxpatrum.com/spring-sale
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Many thanks to Roger Pearse for his generous permission to use the translation of Origen's homilies and fragments that he commissioned.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Excited to announce that Lux Patrum's editions of Augustine's On the Trinity (Latin-English) and Origen's Exegetical Works on Ezekiel (Latin/Greek-English) are now available for purchase! Order your copy today at luxpatrum.com
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I'm pleased to announce that Lux Patrum has reached an agreement with the Vatican to publish a Latin-English edition of papal documents on the Holy Rosary. The following texts will be included:
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Happy to send you a copy if you don't have access.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
My new JTS article on (Ps.-)Didymus the Blind's De Trinitate is out! I argue for a late-fourth-century dating, showing that the angelology of De Trin is perfectly compatible with practices of angel veneration that are well-attested in that period. academic.oup.com/jts/advance-...
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On (Ps.-)Didymus the Blind and Michael the Archangel: A Reply to Dimitrios Zaganas
ABSTRACT. Dimitrios Zaganas has recently argued that a reference to a flourishing cult of the archangels in (Ps.-)Didymus the Blind, trin. II.7.8.10 indica
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
In response to your feedback on the proofs, Lux Patrum has reworked our Latin-English edition of Augustine's De Trinitate to a two-column format with a larger font size. I think it turned out quite well! It'll be published in a few days.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Congrats on the article, @philipgporter.bsky.social ! Excited to read it.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
fresh beginning!) Reach out to nathan@luxpatrum.com if you're interested. A sample passage from Homily 14, delivered at the Easter Vigil:
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Some time ago I translated a couple of Asterius of Cappadocia's beautiful Homilies on the Psalms into English. If someone would like to translate more of these homilies for Lux Patrum, I'd be very happy to let you use my translations and a few other drafts as a starting point. (Or you can make a
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Lux Patrum plans to release three Newman titles this year, with introductions/prefaces by leading scholars: 1. The Theology of Athanasius — Pref by Lewis Ayres 2. The Eirenicon Controversy — Intro by Matthew Levering 3. The Arians of the Fourth Century — Intro by Reinhard Hütter
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Too few people have read the works of the great Nicholas of Cusa — partly because Jasper Hopkins's excellent translations have long been unavailable. Lux Patrum is bringing them back into print along with the critical Latin text. Pick up a copy at luxpatrum.com
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Proofs of our Latin-English edition of Augustine's De Trinitate have arrived!
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Very generous praise for Lux Patrum from Lewis Ayres and Paul Blowers. We are deeply grateful for this early support!
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Lux Patrum teaser #2 for the day
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Coming soon: Origen's homilies on Ezekiel (Latin) + all of the Greek fragments — the latter having been translated for the first time into English. Many thanks to Roger Pearse for allowing us to use the translation by Mischa Hooker than he commissioned and painstakingly edited a decade ago.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Offer ends tomorrow, the day after their feast in the Orthodox Church.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
In honor of Saints Athanasius and Cyril, we are offering a bundle discount on all three of our Greek-English editions of their works: 45% off the paperback ( = $39.56) 30% off the hardback ( = $62.94) luxpatrum.com/athanasius-c...
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Many people are asking how Lux Patrum is putting out so many volumes so quickly. The answer is that we have a team of about 15 editors hard at work on Greek-English editions of patristic and medieval texts. If you'd like to join us, email nathan@luxpatrum.com.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🎶 Here comes Origen, here comes Origen 🎶 I'm delighted to announce that our Greek-English edition of Origen's Contra Celsum is out! This massive 750-page dual-language volume—the very first of its kind—is now available for just $23.98 at luxpatrum.com/origen-again...
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Typesetting for all 13 books of Richard Fitzpatrick’s beautiful new translation of Euclid’s Elements is complete. Can’t wait to see this Greek-English edition in print—it’ll be the very first dual-language version of Euclid, as far as I know.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This is in fact the very first *complete* English translation of the work—Ed Creedy and I translated into English the portions of the work that the earlier translator had deemed too risqué for general consumption and had therefore rendered only in Latin.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I'm pleased to announce that our Greek-English edition of Clement's Instructor (Paedogogus) is officially available for purchase. luxpatrum.com/clement-of-a...
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I am holding in my hands what is (I believe) the first ever Greek-English edition of Origen's Contra Celsum. This massive 750-pager will go to print soon! Excellent editorial work, Lachlan Hodgson.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
survive modern scrutiny, Newman’s comments on texts, and reflections on some of the great theological questions of that mighty age remain penetrating, stimulating and deeply insightful. Lux Patrum has rendered a great scholarly service by gathering these texts into one beautifully produced volume.”
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A very kind blurb from Lewis Ayres on the second volume of our collection of Newman's Writings on the Fathers: “Students of the Fathers deprive themselves of still vital reflections if they ignore the texts found in this collection. While his grand narratives of the Patristic period rarely
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Hope y'all are ready to get instructed cause my man Clement has a lesson to teach you. Coming soon @ www.luxpatrum.com. Great editorial work Ed Creedy
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Coming soon @ luxpatrum.com
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Also perhaps of interest to many of you: we now plan to produce editions of 1. Pusey's Eirenicon and Newman's reply in a single volume 2. Joseph Fessler's treatise The True and the False Infallibility of the Popes (1871), important to Newman's view of infallibility.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Received a spectacular Christmas present today: Reinhard Hütter's introductory essay to Lux Patrum's forthcoming edition of John Henry Newman's Arians of the Fourth Century. Excited to get this into print, along with the second volume of Newman's writings on the Fathers.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Lux Patrum is entering exciting new territory! Prof. Richard Fitzpatrick of UT Austin has agree to publish his translation of Euclid's Elements of Geometry with Lux Patrum. Our edition will be the very first Greek-English edition of the work, as far as I know.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Turns out that Jerome was still a contented universalist even in the 390s. I would not describe myself as a universalist, but it is striking that no less than three doctors of the church openly held this position. patristics.substack.com/p/the-one-wh...
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The One Where Jerome Is Still a Universalist in the 390s
It is well known that Jerome’s early writings, particularly his Commentary on Ephesians, which dates to the 380’s, include some unabashedly Origenian statements about the salvation of the devil, the p...
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Coming soon to an airport near you!
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Anyone interested in doing a translation of selections from the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum for Lux Patrum? Send an email to nathan@luxpatrum.com if you are. Please include a 5-10 page sample of your own translation work (it can be a translation of any Latin text).
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Anyone interested in doing a translation of selections from the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum for Lux Patrum? Send an email to nathan@luxpatrum.com if you are. Please include a 5-10 page sample of your own translation work (it can be a translation of any Latin text).
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Typesetting for Origen's Contra Celsum and Clement's Paedogogus is complete! Very grateful for the efforts of Lux Patrum's outstanding editors, who have made my own workload inestimably lighter. These massive volumes will appear in short order.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
That time when Cyril of Alexandria came out an Evagrian universalist open.substack.com/pub/patristi...
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The One Where Cyril of Alexandria Affirms Universal Salvation
In an obscure passage in his Thesaurus XXIX (436bc), Cyril offers an exegesis of 1 Cor 15:28 that I cannot understand except as a subtle affirmation of universal salvation.
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Lux Patrum's Christmas sale has begun! Order any of our titles and get 20% off here: luxpatrum.com/christmas-sa...
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Lux Patrum Christmas sale begins tomorrow – 20% off all titles! luxpatrum.com
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Nathan Porter @nporter.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Some thoughts on translating monogenēs, plus a translation of Book XXV of Cyril’s Thesaurus: open.substack.com/pub/patristi...
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On Translating Monogenēs: A Proposal
The traditional rendering of monogenēs (μονογενής) as “only-begotten” is misleading. I suggest a new translation that more adequately captures the term's full range of meaning.
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