Homilies
"This volume presents a revised Greek text and the first English translation of the seven complete homilies that have survived from the pen of Sophronios, the seventh-century patriarch of Jerusalem. The seven surviving sermons were composed for feast days over the course of the Church year. The...
| Published in: | Dumbarton Oaks medieval library |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English Greek |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
Harvard University Press
2020
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Dumbarton Oaks medieval library (64)
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| Series/Journal: | Dumbarton Oaks medieval library
64 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sophronius, Hierosolymitanus 560-638
/ Homily
B Sermon / Patristic theology / Geschichte 620 |
| IxTheo Classification: | RA Practical theology RE Homiletics |
| Further subjects: | B
Sophronius Saint, Patriarch of Jerusalem (approximately 560-approximately 638) Sermons
B Sermons, Early Christian B Fasts and feasts Sermons Early works to 1800 |
| Summary: | "This volume presents a revised Greek text and the first English translation of the seven complete homilies that have survived from the pen of Sophronios, the seventh-century patriarch of Jerusalem. The seven surviving sermons were composed for feast days over the course of the Church year. They vary in length, at least in their current form, from a brief three pages for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul to a rather massive thirty-five pages for the Annunciation. In addition to the evidence from two fragments, it is likely that he delivered other sermons during his patriarchate that have not come down to us"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0674248589 |