Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: First Series, Volume VI St. Augustine"The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD marked the beginning of a new era in Christianity. For the first time, doctrines were organized into a single creed. The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers did most of their writing during and after this important event in Church history. Unlike the previous era of Christian writing, the Nicene and Post-Nicene era is dominated by a few very important and prolific writers. In Volume VI of the 14-volume collected writings of the Nicenes and Post-Nicenes (first published between 1886 and 1889), readers will find Saint Augustines exegesis on the Gospels and the Sermon on the Mount, which strove to interpret and draw meaning out of the text without incorporating the author's personal agenda or bias. Also included in this volume are a selection of Augustines sermons." |
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The spirit and intent of the interpreter are of more importance than verbal accuracy and critical acumen (a qualification not always too strictly insisted upon in these modem days of commentators and critical Biblical study).
The spirit and intent of the interpreter are of more importance than verbal accuracy and critical acumen (a qualification not always too strictly insisted upon in these modem days of commentators and critical Biblical study).
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We read in Scripture concerning the striving after temporal things, " All is vanity and presumption of spirit ; " ' but ... are said to have great spirits; and rightly, inasmuch as the wind also is called spirit And hence it is written, ...
We read in Scripture concerning the striving after temporal things, " All is vanity and presumption of spirit ; " ' but ... are said to have great spirits; and rightly, inasmuch as the wind also is called spirit And hence it is written, ...
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Therefore they will be comforted by the Holy Spirit, who on this account chiefly is called the Paraclete, i.e. the Comforter, in order that, while losing the temporal joy, they may enjoy to the full that which is eternal* 6.
Therefore they will be comforted by the Holy Spirit, who on this account chiefly is called the Paraclete, i.e. the Comforter, in order that, while losing the temporal joy, they may enjoy to the full that which is eternal* 6.
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For the beatitudes begin with humility : " Blessed are the poor in spirit," i,e. those not puffed up, white the'soul submits itself to divine authority, fearing lest after this life it go away to punishment, although perhaps in this ...
For the beatitudes begin with humility : " Blessed are the poor in spirit," i,e. those not puffed up, white the'soul submits itself to divine authority, fearing lest after this life it go away to punishment, although perhaps in this ...
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| Title | Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: First Series, Volume VI St. Augustine Cosimo classics religion + spirituality |
| Editor | Philip Schaff |
| Publisher | Cosimo, Inc., 2007 |
| ISBN | 1602066019, 9781602066014 |
| Length | 592 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christianity / History |
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