As we, Christians of the twenty first century, study the Fathers of the Church, their writings (often in an unreadable English produced by clumsy translators) appear to us as foreboding, verbose, and somewhat closed within a world where theological contemplation replaces everyday reality. The Greek Fathers in particular have this reputation among students because they wrote relatively little about themselves, about the details of their own lives and the circumstances of daily life. Here for the first time is an anthology of texts gathered almost exclusively from the personal correspondence between St Basil the Great, his close friend Gregory "the Theologian" and his younger brother Gregory of Nyssa. These three men appear to us as real human beings, reveal the substance of their Christian vocation, uncover the program of their spiritual life, unveil the intellectual background of their use of Greek philosophy at the service of Christian theology, and explain the meaning of their ministry as monastic leaders and bishops of the Church. Readers of this book will be able to contemplate the icons of these Fathers in a new way, with a fuller understanding of the human reality which appears iconographically transfigured in frescoes and mosaics. For indeed, it is their genuinely human response to divine love and grace which has made them into "Holy Fathers," into saints of the Church.

The Fathers Speak: St Basil the Great, st Gregory of Nazianzus, st Gregory of Nyssa (English and Ancient Greek Edition)

History

Gregory of Nyssa

Basil the Great

Nazianzus, Gregory

World

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr

Officially known as the "Service Books of the Orthodox Church", this title contains the complete services of the three main Divine Liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox Church: the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the Liturgy of St. Basil, and the Presanctified Liturgy of St. Gregory, the Pope of Rome. Comes with a red ribbon and contains various appendices for festal variations, Paschal variations, dismissals, a menologion, and pre- and post-communion prayers.

Service Books of the Orthodox Church

John Chrysostom

Gregory Dialogos

St. Tikhon's Monastery Press

Basil the Great, of Caesarea, here offers homilies on Genesis (on the Hexameron, or the Six Days of creation) and on selected Psalms. A great work of early Christian biblical exegesis and a monument of patristic theology, now available in an attractive and affordable edition. Published by Ex Fontibus Co.

Exegetic Homilies: On the Hexameron and On the Psalms

Religion & Spirituality

Ex Fontibus Company

Christian Books & Bibles

Officially known as the "Service Books of the Orthodox Church", this title contains the complete services of the three main Divine Liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox Church: the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the Liturgy of St. Basil, and the Presanctified Liturgy of St. Gregory, the Pope of Rome. Alter sized and contains various appendices for festal variations, Paschal variations, dismissals, a menologion, and pre- and post-communion prayers.

Service Books of the Orthodox Church, Altar Size

Saint Tikhon's Monastery Press

How should we engage with literature? Many today would tell us to "Just read"-as if that were enough, as if the act of reading in itself accomplishes some good. It increases vocabulary, they would say. It builds cultural literacy. And if nothing else, it exercises the brain, connecting one synapse to another. "Not so fast " Basil the Great would protest. It's all true, what they say. But if we collect all the vocabulary in the world, and become culturally literate superstars, and grow mega brains, and yet we lose our souls, what will have we ultimately gained? Far better, he would counsel, if we read with discrimination and with a clear goal in mind. Far better if we focus on what is truly valuable in order to nourish our souls and become better men and women. Far better if we read in order to act-to do and be well. In THE BEST OF BASIL THE GREAT ON READING LITERATURE AND EDUCATION, Basil explains how we may do this, how we may read well, carrying on a tradition of critique and counsel that may be traced back to Plato, if not before. Basil's guidance influenced countless educators and readers in the centuries to come. Writing mid-twentieth century, the scholar of Greek education Werner Jaeger judged that his "famous oration on the study of Greek literature and poetry . . . was the charter of all Christian higher education for centuries to come." We may justly expand Jaeger's conclusion to read simply all higher education.

The Best of Basil the Great on Reading Literature and Education: The Best Parts in Translation with a Narrative Summary of the Rest (Cave Best of)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

The Classics Cave

On the Hexameron: Insights on the Creation (Grapevine Press)

Grapevine Press

Grapevine India

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