| Homilies on the first epistle of John Contributor(s): Augustine of Hippo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1490441425 ISBN-13: 9781490441429 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Christology - Religion | Sermons - Christian - Religion | Christian Church - Administration |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5" W x 8" (0.47 lbs) 210 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |