Homilies on the First Epistle of John
Author: Boniface Augustine, Edmund Augustine, Boniface Ramsey, Daniel Doyle and Martin Thomas Series: The Works of Saint Augustine, a Translation for the 21st Century: Part 3 - Sermons (Homilies)
Presents Saint Augustine's ten homilies on the "First Epistle of John". This book uses John's epistle as a point of departure for exploring the meaning and implications of love with customary profundity, passion and analytic rigour.
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Presents Saint Augustine's ten homilies on the "First Epistle of John". This book uses John's epistle as a point of departure for exploring the meaning and implications of love with customary profundity, passion and analytic rigour.
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Saint Augustine's ten homilies on the "First Epistle of John" are among his greatest and most influential works. John and Augustine both develop the same central theme - love - and in these homilies Augustine uses John's epistle as a point of departure for exploring the meaning and implications of love with his customary profundity, passion and analytic rigour. As with John, a context of dissension and conflict within the Christian community (the Donatist breakaway from Catholic unity), gives his preaching a tone of urgency and poignancy. Anyone who reads these homilies, universally viewed as classics, cannot fail to be moved and challenged both intellectually and emotionally.
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Ramsey's translation makes the beauty and depth of Augustine's preaching accessible to a wide range of readers seeking insight into Augustine's theology of the Christian life and is another fine contribution to this series that is quickly becoming the standard in the field. --Religious Studies Review
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Augustine of Hippo is one of the greatest thinkers and writers in the Western world. After becoming a Christian he was made bishop of Hippo in Africa, where he was influential in civil and church affairs. His more than 100 books, 200 letters, and 500 sermons have left a lasting impact on Western philosophy and culture. His classic and best-selling works include The Confessions, The Trinity, The City of God, and Teaching Christianity.
Saint Augustines ten homilies on the First Epistle of John are among his greatest and most influential works. John and Augustine both develop the same central theme love and in these homilies Augustine uses Johns epistle as a point of departure for exploring the meaning and implications of love with his customary profundity, passion and analytic rigor. As with John, a context of dissension and conflict within the Christian community (the Donatist breakaway from Catholic unity), gives his preaching a tone of urgency and poignancy. Anyone who reads these homilies, universally viewed as classics, cannot fail to be moved and challenged both intellectually and emotionally.
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