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Early Christian Writings (Patristics) (85)
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UNITY OF CHRIST, ON THE
#: 307
One of St. Cyril's most important works composed in the aftermath of the Council of Ephesus (431) to explain his Christological doctrine.
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ST. BASIL ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
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Sets forth the doctrine of the Trinity as well as the theological significance of the Church's tradition of worship.
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DIVINE LITURGY, ON THE
#: 489
This is the classic commentary on the Divine Liturgy. The introduction provides a useful and detailed discussion of this work.
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COMMENTARY ON THE DIVINE LITURGY , A
#: 490
The fact that the Orthodox Church tends towards conservatism has many advantages. Amongst these is the fact that we can read commentaries on the Liturgy by a saint of the fourteenth century whose work remains very relevant.
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SOUL AND RESURRECTION, ON THE
#: 837
The resurrection of the body is a matter which has exercised Christians from the earliest times to the present. This volume presents the problem and the solution in the form of a dialogue between the author and his elder sister (St. Macrina).
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ASCETICAL LIFE, ON
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A native of Bet Qatraye (near present-day Bahrain) the author was consecrated Bishop but preferred to live as an anchorite. His writings have continued to have a huge effect on all Byzantine spiritual literature.
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PERSON OF CHRIST, ON THE
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The translations of Against the Monophysites, Concerning the Three Chapters and On the True Faith which sought to unite Justinian's Empire and set the Christological scene for the fifth Ecumenical Council.
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MYSTICAL LIFE, ON THE: ETHICAL DISCOURSES VOL 1: THE CHURCH AND THE LAST THINGS
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Appearing for the first time in English this book contains St Symeon's treatises devoted to the Church, the Sacraments and to the Last Things.
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LIFE IN CHRIST, THE
#: 975
A classic exposition of the centrality of Christ to authentic human existence. Shows how the Church's liturgical and sacramental tradition reveals Christ .
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INCARNATION, ON THE
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A good translation of a very great book. At a time when it seemed that the Arian heresy was about to overcome Christianity (as indeed it might appear today) St. Athanasius stood against the highly cultivated and sensible clergy of his day to become the hand of God which smashed into fragments this spiritually absurd nonsense.
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FATHERS SPEAK, THE
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Selections from the letters between the Cappodocian Fathers: Basil, Gregory and Gregory. They reveal much of their personal qualities, beliefs and ministry.
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MYSTICAL LIFE, ON THE: ETHICAL DISCOURSES VOL 2: ON VIRTUE AND CHRISTIAN LIFE
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Appearing for the first time in English this book contains the fourth through the fifteenth treatise of St Symeon's on the subject of dispassion or freedom from sinful passion as well as faith, love, poverty, grace, redemption of time, and ascetic retreat.
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ST. GREGORY PALAMAS AND ORTHODOX SPIRITUALITY
#: 1949
This classic works reveals the importance of hesychasm as elaborated by St. Gregory Palamas from the desert fathers to the Russian monastic saints of the nineteenth century.
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MYSTICAL LIFE, ON THE, VOL 3 : LIFE, TIMES AND THEOLOGY
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Included is a sketch of St. Symeon's life and times, together with an extensive discussion of his thought, particularly against its background in the ascetical, mystical and theological literature of the Christian East prior to the 10th Century.
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ON WEALTH AND POVERTY
#: 2017
St. John Chrysostom was fearless and lucid in his application of the Orthodox Faith to everyday life and none more so in his critique of wealth and poverty.
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HOLY ICONS, ON THE
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This classic defence of the holy icons and their veneration ranks alongside that of St. John of Damascus in Orthodox teaching.
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IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST: ST. SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN: LIFE, SPIRITUALITY, DOCTRINE
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An exploration of the theory and practice of contemplation as found in the writings of St. Symeon.
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ON THE APOSTOLIC PREACHING
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This work is newly translated from the ancient Armenian and is the only extant work of St. Irenaeus other than Against Heresies. He wrote at a time when people were drawing on elements from various religions and diverse gods (not unlike today); he encourages the reader to hold fast to Scripture and recounts the history of the work of God. St. Irenaeus had direct contact with the immediate successors of the apostles and is the most important theologian of the second century.
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ON THE DORMITION OF MARY: EARLY PATRISTIC HOMILIES
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The first translation into English of eleven homilies of ancient preachers and the earliest “official” retelling by an Orthodox Bishop of the narrative of the Dormition as well as the earliest attempts of theologians to interpret her “falling asleep” in the light of the Paschal Mystery. Shows the celebration of the Dormition as an icon “of Christian hope for the transfiguration of our common humanity.”
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FROM GLORY TO GLORY : TEXTS FROM GREGORY OF NYSSA'S MYSTICAL WRITINGS
#: 2857
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