Homilies on the first epistle of John (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781490441429)

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.

Author: Augustine of Hippo
ISBN-10: 1490441425
ISBN-13: 9781490441429
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2013
Pages: 210
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.44d