Tractates on the Gospel of John 1–10 (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 78) PDF Download

Author: Saint Augustine
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813211786
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Author: Saint Augustine
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
ISBN: 9780813210285
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Author: Maijastina Kahlos
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472502558
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Most surveys of religious tolerance and intolerance start from the medieval and early modern period, either passing over or making brief mention of discussions of religious moderation and coercion in Greco-Roman antiquity. Here Maijastina Kahlos widens the historical perspective to encompass late antiquity, examining ancient discussions of religious moderation and coercion in their historical contexts. The relations and interactions between various religious groups, especially pagans and Christians, are scrutinized, and the stark contrast often drawn between a tolerant polytheism and an intolerant Christianity is replaced by a more refined portrait of the complex late antique world.

Author: Elizabeth Teresa Howe
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527540863
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 150

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This book is a study of the nine short poems, called romances, composed by the Spanish mystic Saint John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz). The focus of the poems is the Trinity, and their point of departure is the opening verses of the Gospel of John. This is the first in-depth, English-language analysis of these poems, and looks at their literary, historical, scriptural, theological, and mystical elements. It also ties these works to San Juan’s better-known lyrical poems and his prose commentaries. It will appeal to anyone interested in Spanish mystical poetry and the sources that inform that poetry.

Author: Saint Augustine
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813211794
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Author: Eric Rebillard
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040245323
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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The eighteen papers collected in this volume - fifteen of which are published in English for the first time - explore the transformations of religious practices between the third and the fifth centuries in the Western part of the Roman Empire. They share an approach that privileges the study of processes and interactions and does not take for granted the categories and roles traditionally ascribed to social actors. A first group of papers focuses on the sermons and letters of Augustine of Hippo. These texts are precious evidence for balancing the clerical perspective that characterizes most of our sources and can thus shed a different light on the problem of Christianization. The second group collects papers that propose to shift attention from the construction of heresies to that of orthodoxy through the case-study of the controversy of Augustine against Pelagius and Julian of Eclanum. A last group present studies that look at the complex relation between burial and religion, with a particular focus on the role played by the church in the organization of the burial of Christians in Late Antiquity.

Author: Isabel Moreira
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199780404
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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The doctrine of purgatory - the state after death in which Christians undergo punishment by God for unforgiven sins - raises many questions. What is purgatory like? Who experiences it? Does purgatory purify souls, or punish them, or both? How painful is it? Heaven's Purge explores the first posing of these questions in Christianity's early history, from the first century to the eighth: an era in which the notion that sinful Christians might improve their lot after death was contentious, or even heretical. Isabel Moreira discusses a wide range of influences at play in purgatory's early formation, including ideas about punishment and correction in the Roman world, slavery, the value of medical purges at the shrines of saints, and the authority of visions of the afterlife for informing Christians of the hereafter. She also challenges the deeply ingrained supposition that belief in purgatory was a symptom of barbarized Christianity, and assesses the extent to which Irish and Germanic views of society, and the sources associated with them - penitentials and legal tariffs - played a role in purgatory's formation. Special attention is given to the writings of the last patristic author of antiquity, the Northumbrian monk Bede. Heaven's Purge is the first study to focus on purgatory's history in late antiquity, challenging the conclusions of recent scholarship through an examination of the texts, communities and cultural ideas that informed purgatory's early history.

Author: William Thompson-Uberuaga
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826265383
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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"Thompson-Uberuaga reconsiders the image of Jesus Christ by examining his relationships with others and the bonds he formed as the gospel movement took shape around him. He engages the works of Voegelin, Gadamer, and others to explore fully the political dimensions of the emerging church. Includes Internet links for supplementation"--Provided by publisher.

Author: Andrew G. Shead
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
ISBN: 1789744792
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 131

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'This warm and wonderful book will be a tremendous help to very many' Christopher Ash, Writer-in-Residence, Tyndale House, Cambridge. What does it mean to walk in the way of Jesus? What if reading the same scriptures that he read, and praying the same prayers that he prayed, made following Jesus easier? The Psalms are intended for people who would follow Christ along his path of trust and obedience. Andrew Shead shows us that we can follow Christ through the book of Psalms, a journey through many hardships that ends in joy. He combines an appreciation for the overall story of the book of Psalms, the art of reading poetry well, and the discipline of biblical theology to invite you to follow Christ more faithfully.

Author: Galen Guengerich
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0230342256
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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Guengerich understands the modern American struggle to combine modern world views with outdated religious dogma. He proposes that we are long overdue in evolving our concept of God. Gone are the days of the magical, supernatural deity in the sky who visits wrath upon those who have not followed his word; we need a God that grounds our morality, unites us in community, and engages us with a world that still holds more mystery than answers.