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The Gospel according to Luke uniquely details an exchange between Christ and one of the thieves crucified with Him: "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom." And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise" (Lk 23.42–43).
This book gathers seventeen late antique and early medieval sermons centered upon the "good thief," who figured prominently in celebrations of Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Pascha. This compendium is a theological and rhetorical treasury, with contributions from early Christianity's most talented preachers in Greek and Latin, including John Chrysostom, Severian of Gabala, Proclus of Constantinople, Maximus of Turin, Fulgentius of Ruspe, Caesarius of Arles, and others. Many of these sermons appear in English for the first time.
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The Quartodecimans were early Christians who maintained the tradition derived from Judaism, and observed Pascha at the same time that the Jews observed Passover.
By: Melito of Sardis
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Two Hundred Chapters on Theology
- St. Maximus the Confesor (Popular Patristics Series, Book 53)
- By: St. Maximus the Confessor
- Narrated by: Jonah Martin
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Chapters on Theology is one of Maximus’ most eclectic writings. In this short piece, Maximus discusses many diverse themes, including God's relation to the cosmos, monastic discipline and life, scriptural difficulties, and his vision of the consummated universe in relation to the incarnate Word of God. The work is arranged into 200 “chapters,” which are often pithy pearls of wisdom that monks could learn from the respected figure of an elder or abbot. Chapters tend to address a range of issues monks would face in the course of their spiritual progress.
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On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy
- Popular Patristics Series, Book 59
- By: Jonathan J. Armstrong
- Narrated by: Jonah Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Maximus' vision of the liturgy contemplates the interpenetrating relationships of all things with each other and with Christ, in whom all things cohere. The church building, the human being, and the cosmos are all mutually related and symbolically reflect each other. Further, in the liturgy, we enter into the mystery of Christ.
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On Marriage and Family Life
- Popular Patristics Series
- By: St. John Chrysostom
- Narrated by: Jonah Martin
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Christian tradition often seems to give only grudging approval to married life, particularly its sexual aspect. In these sermons of St John Chrysostom, we find an important corrective to this view.
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St. John Chrysostom for women
- By Mitchell Oliver on 01-18-25
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On the Incarnation
- By: Athanasias of Alexandria
- Narrated by: Gabriel Travesser
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Nothing except the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a greater miracle or wonder in human history. God becoming flesh in human history is the greatest marvel. Jesus of Nazareth was foretold in the Torah and the Prophets centuries before his appearance, and he was proved to be real and not a pretender due to his death and Resurrection. The early church grappled with all of this intellectually.
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Excellent!!!
- By C. Gravely on 10-28-15
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Saint Paul the Pharisee
- Jewish Apostle to All Nations
- By: Stephen De Young
- Narrated by: Fr. Stephen De Young
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The centuries after the Protestant Reformation brought about a radical reinterpretation of the epistles of St. Paul, disconnected from any historical reality. But Paul operated, during his entire life, as a faithful Pharisee within the Roman Jewish world. In Saint Paul the Pharisee: Jewish Apostle to All Nations, Fr. Stephen De Young surveys Paul’s life and writings, interpreting them within the Holy Tradition of the Orthodox Church.
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His translation of the Epistles were invaluable. Thank you.
- By Virginia Chandler on 04-24-25
By: Stephen De Young
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The Saving Work of Christ
- Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas
- By: St. Gregory Palamas
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The Saving Work of Christ, the second volume in the series Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas, covers all the major events in God’s dispensation in the flesh, from the Birth of Christ to the Day of Pentecost.
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Brilliant…
- By Sean on 06-07-24
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On the Apostolic Tradition: Hippolytus (Second Edition)
- Popular Patristics Series, Book 54
- By: Hippolytus Hippolytus
- Narrated by: Alexander Hatcher
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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Apostolic Tradition, as this text is best known, was identified in the early twentieth century as the work of Hippolytus, a Christian leader from third-century Rome. The text provides liturgical information of great antiquity, and as such has been massively influential on liturgical study and reform, especially in Western Churches. The second edition of this crucial liturgical document continues Fr Stewart's influential work of re-evaluating the evolution of church hierarchy in the early Church.
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Headings on Spiritual Knowledge: The Second Part, Chapters 1-3
- By: St. Isaac of Nineveh
- Narrated by: Victor Clarke
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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St Isaac of Nineveh (7th c.), or Isaac the Syrian, is renowned for his spiritual writings. After only five months as bishop of Nineveh, he returned to a life of solitary stillness in the desert of modern-day Iran. His Spiritual Homilies (homilies 1-6 in PPS 11) quickly became treasured throughout the Christian world, not only inspiring monastic and spiritual life through the ages, but influencing culture more broadly, as in the works of Dostoevsky.
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- By Hope on 02-02-24
A fascinating window into how homiletical topics and insights developed from generation to generation, each dependent on the previous.
Deeply moving sermons, with my favorite being the latter 2 tentatively ascribed to Proclus of Constantinople.
Bizarre modern agenda in the introduction, but largely irrelevant to the enjoyment of the book.
Excellent reading.
Glory be to God!
Beautiful collection of homilies with insightful notes
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