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The power of patristic preaching : the word in our flesh / Andrew Hofer, OP ; foreword by Paul M. Blowers.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Patristic theologyPublisher: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2023]Copyright date: c2023Description: xxiii, 389 pagine ; 23 cmContent type:
  • testo (txt)
Media type:
  • senza mediazione (n)
Carrier type:
  • volume (nc)
ISBN:
  • 9780813236537
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • BQT 2954.P84H 2023
Summary: "Presents seven influential early Christian preachers and analyzes their words in the light of their lives. Each figure exemplifies a different aspect of Christian life: Origen for holiness, Ephrem for the humility of repentance, Gregory of Nazianzus for purification and faith, John Chrysostom for the hope of salvation, Augustine for love, Leo the Great for love of the poor and the weak, and Gregory the Great for accepting our own weakness. Written by a Catholic priest for an ecumenical audience, including students".
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Opera (Magaz.) Opera (Magaz.) Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Temporary Library BQT 2954.P84H 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0030219559

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"Presents seven influential early Christian preachers and analyzes their words in the light of their lives. Each figure exemplifies a different aspect of Christian life: Origen for holiness, Ephrem for the humility of repentance, Gregory of Nazianzus for purification and faith, John Chrysostom for the hope of salvation, Augustine for love, Leo the Great for love of the poor and the weak, and Gregory the Great for accepting our own weakness. Written by a Catholic priest for an ecumenical audience, including students".