Here St. Basil asks if boasting is ever appropriate and answers yes -- we are to boast only of the Jesus Christ crucified, finding our righteousness in Jesus. In his cross, human pride is laid low....
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Way of Light is this: if any man wants to journey to his appointed home then he must put his whole heart into his work. To aid our steps on the road, illumination has been given to us as...
CHAP. I.-- SALUTATION AND INTRODUCTION [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]ll hail, ye sons and daughters, in the name of our Lord(1) Jesus Christ, who loved us in peace. Seeing that the divine fruits(3) of righteousness abound among you, I rejoice exceedingly and above measure in your happy and...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]e, the Christian community, assemble to celebrate the memory of the martyrs with ritual solemnity because we want to be inspired to follow their example, share in their merits, and be helped by their prayers. Yet we erect no altars...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]e entreat you, brothers, as earnestly as we are able, to have charity, not only for one another, but also for those who are outside the Church. Of these some are still pagans, who have not yet made an act...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]o Proba, a devoted handmaid of God, Bishop Augustine, a servant of Christ and of Christ's servants, sends greetings in the Name of the Lord of Lords. CHAPTER I 1. Recollecting your request and my promise, that as soon as time and...
Here Augustine explains the necessary and important role of trials in the Christian life. Without the discipline of trials and chastisements, there would be no true spiritual growth. Chastisement means that God has truly adopted us as sons....
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]s we have heard, so also have we seen. Truly blessed Church! You have both heard and seen. You have heard the promises, and you see their fulfilment; you have heard in prophecy, and you see in the Gospel. Yes,...
With Introduction by C. S. Lewis ________________________________________ Athanasius stood contra mundum ("against the world) in defense of the biblical doctrine of Christ. He opposed Arius when it seemed all the world would follow Arius's heresy. Athanasius's work remains even today one of the definitive statements of...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]HAPTER I St. Ambrose states that after the explanations he has already given of holy living, he will now explain the Mysteries. Then after giving his reasons for not having done so before, he explains the mystery of the opening of...