Dialogues (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 39)

Dialogues (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 39)
Title Dialogues (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 39) PDF eBook
Author Pope Gregory I
Publisher CUA Press
Pages 328
Release 1959
Genre Religion
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Dialogue with Trypho (Selections from the Fathers of the Church, Volume 3)

Dialogue with Trypho (Selections from the Fathers of the Church, Volume 3)
Title Dialogue with Trypho (Selections from the Fathers of the Church, Volume 3) PDF eBook
Author Saint Justin Martyr
Publisher CUA Press
Pages 249
Release 2003
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 0813213428

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On Animals: Systematic Theology

On Animals: Systematic Theology
Title On Animals: Systematic Theology PDF eBook
Author David L. Clough
Publisher A&C Black
Pages 239
Release 2012-02-02
Genre Religion
ISBN 0567139484

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The first book-length study of the place of animals in systematic theology.

Heaven's Purge

Heaven's Purge
Title Heaven's Purge PDF eBook
Author Isabel Moreira
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 320
Release 2010-11-17
Genre Religion
ISBN 0190453729

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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.

Pope Gregory and the Brides of Christ

Pope Gregory and the Brides of Christ
Title Pope Gregory and the Brides of Christ PDF eBook
Author John R. C. Martyn
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pages 170
Release 2009-10-02
Genre History
ISBN 1443814504

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The Letters of Gregory the Great, pope from 590 to 604, have long been viewed as an indispensable resource for scholars of the early medieval period. John Martyn’s knowledge of these letters is well nigh unsurpassed, In this book he turns his attention to a hitherto neglected subject; those letters of Pope Gregory which pertain to nuns and convents. Despite the fact that scholarship on the Middle Ages has in the last thirty years been transformed by feminist contributions, and there has developed, as a result, a heightened awareness of the presence of women in medieval life, both secular and religious, only two of the thirty-six letters identified by Martyn have previously been discussed by scholars. This edition of the letters in both Latin and English is therefore of inestimable value to scholars and will act as a spur for further research. This sizeable collection of letters are analysed in company with other, better-known, writings about nuns from Gregory’s dialogi. In the introduction Martyn argues that his upbringing, dominated by his mother and four devout aunts, might reasonably have inculcated in him a deep and abiding concern for women, the religious in particular. This is evidenced by his friendships with Theoctista and Gordia, the sisters of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice, and with his wife, the pious Constantina. and with a number of abbesses, including Respecta (from Marseilles) and Talasia (from Autun). Gregory’s deep interest in the religious life of women, and his concern for their safety and wellbeing, are apparent throughout the letters. Martyn’s translations are clarified and enhanced by a commentary.

Saint Benedict's Wisdom

Saint Benedict's Wisdom
Title Saint Benedict's Wisdom PDF eBook
Author Luigi Gioia, OSB
Publisher Liturgical Press
Pages 240
Release 2020-09-15
Genre Religion
ISBN 081468808X

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Monastic spirituality has much to offer Christians who live far beyond monastery walls. In Saint Benedict's Wisdom Luigi Gioia, OSB, demonstrates that monastic spirituality is a gift for the whole Church. Because monastic vows are fundamentally a deep dive into one's baptismal commitments, monastic experience speaks to all the faithful who wish to do the same within different lifestyles. As an expression of divine wisdom, monasticism offers a way of deeply integrating spirituality with the rest of life, teaching us to seek holiness, not only in prayer, but also through work, sharing of food, sleep, and life in community. Written by one of the most insightful commentators on monastic life today, Saint Benedict's Wisdom shines the light of monasticism on many aspects of contemporary Christian living, including evangelization, leadership, suffering, authentic chastity, the experience of God, reform of structures, and the practice of theology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to live a more authentic Christian life in addition to vowed monastics, monastic oblates, and associates.

Popular Religion in Russia

Popular Religion in Russia
Title Popular Religion in Russia PDF eBook
Author Stella Rock
Publisher Routledge
Pages 249
Release 2007-09-10
Genre History
ISBN 1134369786

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This book dispels the widely-held view that paganism survived in Russia alongside Orthodox Christianity, demonstrating that 'double belief', dvoeverie, is in fact an academic myth. Scholars, citing the medieval origins of the term, have often portrayed Russian Christianity as uniquely muddied by paganism, with 'double-believing' Christians consciously or unconsciously preserving pagan traditions even into the twentieth century. This volume shows how the concept of dvoeverie arose with nineteenth-century scholars obsessed with the Russian 'folk' and was perpetuated as a propaganda tool in the Soviet period, colouring our perception of both popular faith in Russian and medieval Russian culture for over a century. It surveys the wide variety of uses of the term from the eleventh to the seventeenth century, and contrasts them to its use in modern historiography, concluding that our modern interpretation of dvoeverie would not have been recognized by medieval clerics, and that 'double-belief' is a modern academic construct. Furthermore, it offers a brief foray into medieval Orthodoxy via the mind of the believer, through the language and literature of the period.