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Early Christian
Aspects of the practice and history of Christianity around the Mediterranean before the rise of Islam in the seventh century.
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Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XIII & XIV
edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by Peter Walsh
After completing the first ten books of De Civitate Dei, in which Augustine sought to refute the claim that pagan deities had ensured that Rome enjoyed unbroken success and prosperity in this life and guaranteed its citizens a blessed life after death, Augustine devoted the remaining twelve books to discuss the origins, development and destiny of the two cities of Babylon and Jerusalem, with the predominant emphasis on the city of God. In ...
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Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XI & XII
edited with an introduction, translation, and commentary by Peter Walsh
In Books I-V of De Civitate Dei, Augustine rejects the claim that worship of the pagan gods had brought success in this life, and in Books VI-X, the prospect of a happy afterlife. In Books XI-XII, the sixth volume in Peter Walsh's series, Augustine turns from attack to defense, for at this point he initiates his apology for the Christian faith. Books XI and XII document the initial phase of the rise of the two cities, the city of God and ...
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Augustine: De Civitate Dei VIII & IX
edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by P.G. Walsh
This edition of St Augustine's City of God is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity. In these books, written in the aftermath of the sack of Rome in AD 410 by the Goths, Augustine replies to the pagans, who attributed the fall of Rome to the Christian religion and its prohibition of the worship of the pagan gods. ...
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Augustine: De Civitate Dei X
edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by P.G. Walsh
This edition of St Augustine's City of God is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity. In these books, written in the aftermath of the sack of Rome in AD 410 by the Goths, Augustine replies to the pagans, who attributed the fall of Rome to the Christian religion and its prohibition of the worship of the pagan gods. ...
Paperback. Price US$38.00
Hardback. Price US$85.00
Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books III & IV~
edited with an introduction, translation and commentary by P G Walsh~
This edition of St Augustine's City of God is the only
one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a
detailed commentary of this most influential document in the
history of western Christianity. In these books, written in the
aftermath of the sack of Rome in AD 410 by the Goths, Augustine
replies to the pagans, who attributed the fall of Rome to the
Christian religion and its prohibition of the ...
Paperback. Price US$35.00
Hardback. Price US$80.00
Culture and Society in Later Roman Antioch
edited by Isabella Sandwell and Janet Huskinson
This collection of papers brings together a broad range of new research and new material on Antioch in the late Roman period (the 2nd to the 7th centuries AD), from the writings of the orator Libanius and the preacher John Chrysostom to the extensive mosaics found in the city and its suburbs. The authors consider the lively issues of identity and ethnicity in this truly multi-cultural and multi-religious city, the effects of Romanization and ...
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Egeria's Travels
translated with supporting documents and notes by John Wilkinson
This eye-witness account of the Holy Places liturgy of the Holy Land describes the experience of a pilgrim who visited Jerusalem fifty years after the reign of Constantine, making hers the earliest surviving account. Her loving attention to detail makes Egeria's work an historical and liturgical source of prime importance today. 240p, 34 b/w illus (Aris & Phillips, 3rd edition 1999)
Paperback. Price US$36.00
Early Christianity in North Africa
by Francois Decret
Martyrs, exegetes, catechumens, and councils enlarge this study of North African Christianity, a region often reduced to its dominant patristic personalities. Smither provides English readers a quality translation of an important book that captures the unique spirit of an invaluable chapter of church history.
Along with the churches located in large Greek cities of the East, the church of Carthage was particularly significant in the early ...
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The Philokalia and the Inner Life: On Passions and Prayer
by Chris Cook
The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a significant revival in Orthodox spirituality. It presents an understanding of psychopathology and mental life which is significantly different to that usually encountered in western Christianity. It also presents accounts of both mental well-being ...
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Conflict between Jews and Christians
by Peter J. Lucas
The Fourth Century was crucial to both the Christian Church and Judaism: it saw the formulation of Christian doctrine and the completion of the Palestinian Talmud. Christianity was now the favoured religion of the Roman Empire, but Judaism remained a vital force. In this meticulously researched study Leopold Lucas explores the arguments and attitudes of the Church Fathers from Basil to Augustine. A picture emerges of a strenuous intellectual ...
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Hardback. Price US$39.95
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