The current work contains a Coptic version of 10 Greek sermons on fasting, asceticism, the end of the world, the incarnation, etc., attributed to John the Faster, Athanasius of Alexandria, Proclus of Cyzicus, Eusebius of Caesarea, and Basil, and Archbishop Theophilus. The text is written in the...

Catena Aurea (Latin for golden chain) presents the commentaries of the Church's greatest theologians (e.g., John Chrysostom, St. Jerome, St. Augustine) as if they were discussing every verse of the Bible. Saint Thomas Aquinas compiled this volume of sermons and commentaries from more than 80 early...

The Catena Aurea (Golden Chain) presents the commentaries of the Church's greatest theologians (e.g., St. John Chrysostom, St. Jerome, St. Augustine, etc.) as if they were discussing each verse of the Bible. Saint Thomas Aquinas compiled this tome of evangelism and commentary written by more than...

The Catena Aurea (Golden Chain) displays the commentaries of the greatest theologians of the Church (e.g., St. John Chrysostom, St. Jerome, St. Augustine, etc.) as if they were discussing each verse of the Bible. Saint Thomas Aquinas compiled this volume of sermons and commentaries from more than...

The Catena Aurea (Golden Chain) presents the commentaries of the Church's greatest theologians (e.g., St. John Chrysostom, St. Jerome, St. Augustine, etc.) as if they were discussing each verse of the Bible. Saint Thomas Aquinas compiled this work from the Gospel sermons and commentaries written by...

The book of Ecclesiasticus is preceded by a preface, the authenticity of which is said to be the work of a Greek translator of the Hebrew original. In the introduction to his translation, the author describes how he was struck by the wisdom of Proverbs and how he hopes to make these valuable...

As the title suggests, Machabees' second book is not a sequel to the first, but rather covers part of the same ground. The real books are preceded by two letters from the Jews of Jerusalem to their Egyptian followers. The first, dated 124 BC. B.C. contains only an invitation to Egyptian Jews to...

The First Book of the Machabees tells the story of the Jewish struggle for religious and political freedom under the leadership of the Maccabees, with Judah Maccabee as the central figure. After a brief introduction (i, 1-9) explaining how the Jewish people passed from Persian to Seleucid rule, the...

The Second Book of Machabees is not, as the name might suggest, a continuation of the First, but covers part of the same ground. The book proper is preceded by two letters of the Jews of Jerusalem to their Egyptian coreligionists. The first dated in 124 B.C., contains only an invitation to the...