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Author : Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Release : 2010-04
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Letters 51–110 (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 77) by : Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Download or read book Letters 51–110 (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 77) written by Saint Cyril of Alexandria. This book was released on 2010-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No description available
Author : Michael Maas
Release : 2012-08-06
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Readings in Late Antiquity by : Michael Maas
Download or read book Readings in Late Antiquity written by Michael Maas. This book was released on 2012-08-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late Antiquity (ca. 250-650) witnessed the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Christianity displaced polytheism over a wide area, offering new definitions of identity and community. The Roman Empire collapsed in Western Europe to be replaced by new "Germanic" kingdoms. In the East, Byzantium emerged, while the Persian Empire reached its apogee and collapsed. Arab armies carrying the banner of Islam reshaped the political map and brought the late antique era to a close. This sourcebook illustrates the dramatic political, social and religious transformations of Late Antiquity through the words of the men and women who experienced them. Drawing from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Hebrew, Coptic, Persian, Arabic and Armenian sources, the carefully chosen passages illuminate the lives of emperors, abbesses, aristocrats, slaves, children, barbarian chieftains, and saints . The Roman Empire is kept at the centre of the discussion, with chapters devoted to its government, cities, army, law, medicine, domestic life, philosophy, Christianity, polytheism, and Jews. Further chapters deal with the peoples who surrounded the Roman state: Persians, Huns, northern "Germanic" barbarians, and the followers of Islam. This revised and updated second edition provides an expanded view of Late Antiquity with a new chapter on domestic life, as well extra material throughout, including passages that appear for the first time in English translation. Readings in Late Antiquity is the only sourcebook that covers such a wide range of topics over the full breadth of the late antique period.
Author : ST. CYRIL OF. ALEXANDRIA
Release : 2019-04-17
Genre : Bible
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Book Synopsis Glaphyra on the Pentateuch by : ST. CYRIL OF. ALEXANDRIA
Download or read book Glaphyra on the Pentateuch written by ST. CYRIL OF. ALEXANDRIA. This book was released on 2019-04-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cyril of Alexandria (ca. 376-444) is best known for his defense of orthodoxy at the time of the Nestorian controversy over the nature of Christ. However, by far the larger part of Cyril's literary output consisted of commentaries on books of both Old and New Testaments, written before the Christological debate was sparked off in 428. One of these works, of major proportions, was the so-called Glaphyra ("elegant comments") on the Pentateuch. This comprises a total of thirteen separate "books," or volumes: seven on Genesis, three on Exodus, and one each on Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The comments primarily concern the narrative portions of the Pentateuch, hence the greater space given to Genesis, though a number of the legal prescriptions are also treated. Cyril's treatment of these books is published here for the first time in English translation. Cyril's aims within the commentary are both theological and pastoral. His chosen method begins with a consideration of the historia. Here the Alexandrian patriarch deals with the text at the literal level. At this stage he explains any historical, cultural, and at times even linguistic and textual issues presented within the passage, which is then followed by some theological instruction or lessons of a more practical nature based upon the literal interpretation. The exposition then moves on to the theoria. This is Cyril's preferred term for the contemplation of the spiritual sense, that is to say, the mystery of Christ which he firmly held lay hidden beneath the surface of the Old Testament text. With great adeptness and consistency Cyril identifies elements within the ancient narratives as figures, or "types and shadows," of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Church, and the teachings of the gospel.
Author : Saint Jerome
Release : 2010-04
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis On Illustrious Men (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 100) by : Saint Jerome
Download or read book On Illustrious Men (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 100) written by Saint Jerome. This book was released on 2010-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often cited as a source of biographical information on ancient Christian authors, On Illustrious Men provides St. Jerome's personal evaluations of his forebears and contemporaries, as well as catalogs of patristic writings known to him
Author : Roy J. Deferrari
Release : 1948
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Book Synopsis The Fathers of the Church by : Roy J. Deferrari
Download or read book The Fathers of the Church written by Roy J. Deferrari. This book was released on 1948. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
