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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He commends the method of interpreting obscure passages by the light of passages that are understood, and prefers it before the interpretation by reason (Christ. Doctr. iii.
He commends the method of interpreting obscure passages by the light of passages that are understood, and prefers it before the interpretation by reason (Christ. Doctr. iii.
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If it is asked what the " mountain " means, it may weB be understood as meaning the greater precepts of righteousness j for there were lesser ones which were given to the Jews. Yet it is one God who, through His holy prophets and ...
If it is asked what the " mountain " means, it may weB be understood as meaning the greater precepts of righteousness j for there were lesser ones which were given to the Jews. Yet it is one God who, through His holy prophets and ...
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For in the former case that earth is not to be understood which we tread with our bodily feet, but the men who dwell upon the earth, or even the sinners, for the preserving of whom and for the extinguishing of whose corruptions the Lord ...
For in the former case that earth is not to be understood which we tread with our bodily feet, but the men who dwell upon the earth, or even the sinners, for the preserving of whom and for the extinguishing of whose corruptions the Lord ...
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For this reason that sentence is to be understood thus ; " But whosoever shall do and teach men so, the same shall be caled great in the kingdom of heaven," — *>. not in accordance with those least commandments, but in accordance with ...
For this reason that sentence is to be understood thus ; " But whosoever shall do and teach men so, the same shall be caled great in the kingdom of heaven," — *>. not in accordance with those least commandments, but in accordance with ...
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Indeed, in the three statements before us, we must observe that some words are understood. For the first statement has all the words that are necessary. " Whosoever," says He, " is angry with his brother without a cause, ...
Indeed, in the three statements before us, we must observe that some words are understood. For the first statement has all the words that are necessary. " Whosoever," says He, " is angry with his brother without a cause, ...
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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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