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Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans
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Theresia. Heither,Origen comm |
"Origen of Alexandria's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans is the oldest extant commentary on Romans (ca. 246). This volume presents the first English translation of the Commentary, covering his… |
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Beginning to Read the Fathers
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Boniface Ramsey |
Excellent read for Protestants and Roman Catholics alike. Patristic studies can easily degrade into "I have more church father quotes than you do" arguments. Fr. Ramsey has done a fine job of maintai… |
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The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
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Benedicta Ward |
The fourth-century ascetic flight to the desert indelibly marked Christianity. The faithful who did not embrace the austerity of the desert admired those who did and sought them out for counsel and c… |
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A new New Testament
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Hal Taussig |
Over the past century, numerous lost scriptures have been discovered, authenticated, translated, debated, celebrated. Many of these documents were as important to shaping early Christian communities … |
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"On the ecclesiastical hierarchy"
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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite |
The medieval fascination with the mysterious language of Dionysius the Areopagite is nowhere more evident than in the thirteenth-century textbook edition of his treatise on liturgical rites. Dionysiu… |
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Jewish-Christian interpretation of the Pentateuch in the Pseudo-Clementine homilies
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Donald H. Carlson |
"The Pseudo-Clementine writings are one of the most intriguing and valuable sources for early Jewish Christianity. They offer a second- or third-century polemic against the form of Christianity that … |
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Birthing salvation
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Anna Rebecca Solevå̊g |
In 'Birthing Salvation' Anna Rebecca Solevåg explores the theme of childbearing in early Christian discourse. The book maps the importance of women's childbearing in Greco-Roman culture and shows how… |
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Light from the Gentiles
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Abraham J. Malherbe |
Rather than viewing the Graeco-Roman world as the "background" against which early Christian texts should be read, Abraham J. Malherbe saw the ancient Mediterranean world as a rich ecology of diverse… |
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Ante-Nicene Christian library, Vol. II
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Donaldson, James Sir,Roberts, Alexander |
Translations of the writings of
Justin Martyr and Athenagoras
501 pgs. |
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From Nicaea to Chalcedon
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Frances M. Young |
In this volume, a world-renowned scholar of early Christianity updates and expands her survey of the writers and writings of the golden age of Greek patristic theology. --from publisher description |
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From shadows to reality
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Jean Daniélou |
A very powerful book by a man of the Church who by connecting us withthe work of the Early Church Fathers and their use of "typology" connects better with a spiritual understanding of Scripture and u… |
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