Wider than heaven: eighth-century homilies on the Mother of God
by John,, of Damascus, Saint, Cunningham, Mary, (Lecturer in historical theology and Orthodox Christian studies), Andrew,, of Crete, Saint, Germanus, I,, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople
fromSt. Vladimir's Seminary Press "popular patristics" series
"Mary, the Virgin of Nazareth, was chosen by God to conceive and give birth to his only Son, Jesus Christ, as foretold by the Old Testament prophets. At the Third Ecumenical Council (Ephesus A.D. 431) Orthodox bishops proclaimed that the Virgin Mary had contained God himself in …
According to legend, the Virgin appeared one Christmas Eve to an artless young man standing in one of Constantinople's most famous Marian shrines. She offered him a scroll of papyrus with the injunction that he swallow it, and following the Virgin's command, he did so. Immediate…
La jaquette indique: "According to legend, the Virgin appeared one Christmas Eve to an artless young man standing in one of Constantinople's most famous Marian shrines. She offered him a scroll of papyrus with the injunction that he swallow it, and following the Virgin's command…
"According to legend, the Virgin appeared one Christmas Eve to an artless young man standing in one of Constantinople's most famous Marian shrines. She offered him a scroll of papyrus with the injunction that he swallow it, and following the Virgin's command, he did so. Immediat…
"This work explores a second-century text, the 'Protevangelium Iacobi', and, by examining current scholarship on the subject, assesses the way it has influenced the Christian perception of women and the ordering of their lives through the centuries down to the present day. It de…
La 4eme de couverture indique : "This work explores a second-century text, the 'Protevangelium Iacobi', and, by examining current scholarship on the subject, assesses the way it has influenced the Christian perception of women and the ordering of their lives through the centurie…
"This work explores a second-century text, the 'Protevangelium Iacobi', and, by examining current scholarship on the subject, assesses the way it has influenced the Christian perception of women and the ordering of their lives through the centuries down to the present day. It de…
"This work explores a second-century text, the 'Protevangelium Iacobi', and, by examining current scholarship on the subject, assesses the way it has influenced the Christian perception of women and the ordering of their lives through the centuries down to the present day. It de…
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