Author: May Agnes FlemingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Estella's Husband
Author: May Agnes FlemingThe Unseen Bridegroom, Or, Wedded for a Week
Author: May Agnes FlemingSir Noel's Heir
Author: May Agnes FlemingPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Sir Noel's Heir" (A Novel) by May Agnes Fleming. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded for a Week
Author: Fleming May AgnesPublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318817610
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Europa ́s Fairy Book
Author: Joseph JacobsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732697711
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Europa ́s Fairy Book by Joseph Jacobs
Lives of Roman Christian Women
Author: Carolinne WhitePublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141943378
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
'Perpetua shouted out with joy as the sword pierced her, for she wanted to taste some of the pain and she even guided the hesitant hand of the trainee gladiator towards her own throat' Lives of Roman Christian Women is a unique collection of letters and documents from the third to the fifth centuries, celebrating Christian women from across the Roman Empire. During a crucial period in which Christianity transformed from a persecuted faith to the official religion of the Empire, these writings reveal the women who chose to dedicate their lives to Christ, by embracing martyrdom or by adopting a life of poverty and prayer, renouncing not only wealth but also their duties as wives and mothers.
The Life of Saint Macrina
Author: * Gregory, Bishop of NyssaPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1597523895
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Saint Macrina (327 - 370) was a major guiding force in the early development of monasticism and it was through her example that her brother, Saint Basil the Great, was inspired to establish one of the first monastic communities. This life, written by her other famous brother, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, is one of the masterpieces of Christian literature.
Imitations of Infinity
Author: Michael A. MotiaPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812299612
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
We do not have many definitions of Christianity from late antiquity, but among the few extant is the brief statement of Gregory of Nyssa (335-395 CE) that it is "mimesis of the divine nature." The sentence is both a historical gem and theologically puzzling. Gregory was the first Christian to make the infinity of God central to his theological program, but how could he intend for humans to imitate the infinite? If the aim of the Christian life is "never to stop growing towards what is better and never to place any limit on perfection," how could mimesis function within this endless pursuit? In Imitations of Infinity, Michael A. Motia situates Gregory among Platonist philosophers, rhetorical teachers, and early Christian leaders to demonstrate how much of late ancient life was governed by notions of imitation. Questions both intimate and immense, of education, childcare, or cosmology, all found form in a relationship of archetype and image. It is no wonder that these debates demanded the attention of people at every level of the Roman Empire, including the Christians looking to form new social habits and norms. Whatever else the late ancient transformation of the empire affected, it changed the names, spaces, and characters that filled the imagination and common sense of its citizens, and it changed how they thought of their imitations. Like religion, imitation was a way to organize the world and a way to reach toward new possibilities, Motia argues, and two earlier conceptions of mimesis—one centering on ontological participation, the other on aesthetic representation—merged in late antiquity. As philosophers and religious leaders pondered how linking oneself to reality depended on practices of representation, their theoretical debates accompanied practical concerns about what kinds of objects would best guide practitioners toward the divine. Motia places Gregory within a broader landscape of figures who retheorized the role of mimesis in search of perfection. No longer was imitation a marker of inauthenticity or immaturity. Mimesis became a way of life.
The Church and Her Scriptures
Author: Catherine Brown TkaczPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666712841
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
In the nearly two millennia since the resurrection of Jesus, can coherence be found within the ways Christians of different ethnicities have approached the Bible? How does one seek guidance in understanding the Scriptures and then draw on that experience to understand oneself and the world? In The Church and Her Scriptures the ancient diversity of Greek, Latin, and Syriac speaks through, for instance, Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine of Hippo, and Jacob of Serugh. The witness and voices of women as recorded in the Book of Daniel and the Gospels themselves are examined. Reanimated through ancient sources, the daily prayer life and holy death of Macrina the Younger, philosopher of God, attest the contemplative power of the laity. The Psalms, so interwoven in her life, prove to be vitalizing for Christians. Their example inspired new psalms in the Epistles. Typology recurred, fed by Jesus's teaching, and this mode of exegesis and key examples of it are likewise respected in this volume. Limning the framework for all this is Patrick Hartin's magisterial essay on Dei Verbum, the Vatican II document on the Bible.
Tradition and Diversity
Author: Karen Louise JollyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317453433
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
This text is designed to serve as a primary source reader. It addresses medieval Christendom in the context of world history. It combines the traditional approach (the medieval Christian tradition found in the church hierarchy and theological development) with the newer approach to cultural diversity - diversity within European Christianity (women mystics, heretics, and popular religion), and diversity without, in a world context (non-European Christianity and relations with Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism).