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Patristics

Patristics - Greek, Latin and Syriac, including titles on the Desert Fathers and Sebastian Brock.

Saint John Cassian on Prayer

John Cassian, A.M.C. Casiday

The fourth century European saint, John Cassian, has been honoured for over 1600 years by the universal church as one of the greatest of early monastic writers. His two great works, the Institutes and the Conferences, set out a vision for western...

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£6.50

Our Deepest Desire

Prayer, Fasting & Almsgiving in the Writings of Augustine of Hipp.

Sister Susan SLG

This book presents the teaching of St Augustine of Hippo on prayer, fasting and almsgiving in historical and modern contexts, in a way that is accessible for any reader, for use not only during Lent, but for any time for the year as a reflective...

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£6.00

At the Lighting of the Lamps

Paul John McGuckin

The Church has always used hymns to express its spirit and doctrine. Free-verse translations of some well-known early hymns, alongside the original Greek and Latin texts.

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£5.75

Our Father

Benedicta Ward

The Our Father, or Lord's Prayer, is Jesus' own teaching on prayer. Many commentaries have been written on this central prayer of Christianity, from the early Church to the present day. These commentaries have a basic similarity, but the writers'...

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£5.00

Anselm of Canterbury

Teacher of Prayer

Benedicta Ward SLG

For those who study St Anselm, his prayers provide an intimate personal introduction to his thinking and his spirituality. For Anselm, who never considered himself a teacher of prayer, his prayers were simply personal devotions that he occasionally...

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£6.00

True Easter

The Synod of Whitby, AD 664

Benedicta Ward SLG

Sister Benedicta gives an illuminating account of the Synod of Whitby 664 AD, held to discuss the date on which Easter should be celebrated. The Synod has been presented as a clash between Irish and Roman missionaries representing two different...

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£5.00

Bernard & Abelard

Sister Edmee SLG

This essay examines the theology of, and relationship between, the saintly Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153), customarily considered a traditionalist, and the arrogant, brilliant and controversial philosopher Peter Abelard (1079–1142), disruptive and...

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£8.00

Saint Gregory Nazianzen

St. Gregory of Nazianzus, John McGuckin, J. McGuckin

This selection of twenty poems by the fourth-century Greek theologian, St Gregory Nazianzen, represents his Christological writing. It includes the poems ‘On the Son’ and ‘On the Incarnation’, written to defend the orthodoxy of the Council of Nicea....

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£2.25

Desert of the Heart: Daily Readings with the Desert Fathers

Benedicta Ward

Stories and sayings from the fourth-century Desert Fathers in their life of solitude, silence and unceasing prayer. Spiritual wisdom, sharp humour and startling insight into human nature.

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£6.50

Hymns of St.Ephrem the Syrian

Mary Hansbury

St Ephrem the Syrian who lived in the 4th century is a great visionary poet and spiritual teacher of the earliest Christian centuries. A lyrical delight in the beautiful things of creation, rich theological symbolism, striking and simple imagery...

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£5.50

Prayers of Jacob of Serugh

Mary Hansbury

Jacob of Serugh (451–521) is one of the great poets of the early Syriac tradition. His meditations, prefaces to his homilies, focus us on the centrality of divine love in the context of scripture. These are some of the richest, theologically...

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£8.00

On Tour in Byzantium

Excerpts from The Spiritual Meadow of John Moschus

Ralph Martin

John Moschus, a monk from a monastery near Jerusalem, set off with a companion in about AD 575, to tour the Christian centres of the eastern Mediterranean. He thought of the world as a spiritual meadow, where wild flowers of every kind grew in...

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£7.00

Spiritual Wisdom of the Syriac Book of Steps

Robert A. Kitchen

A contemporary interpretation of a fourth-century Syriac manual for Christian living, with a commentary on core passages from the original text

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£5.50

Shem`on the Graceful

Mary Hansbury

The late seventh century in the Syrian Church saw the flourishing of several noted monastic writers, amongst them Shem`on, a monk of an abbey in south-west Iran. Few of his writings remain, but this homily has been preserved as a model of...

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£5.00

Reflections of Abba Zosimas

Monk of the Palestinian Desert 3rd Edn

John Chryssavgis

A presentation of the teaching and example of Abba Zosimas, a sixth-century Palestinian hermit, based in obedience to the gospel and love of neighbour.

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£5.00

Wisdom of Saint Isaac the Syrian

2nd Edn

Sebastian Brock

In recent decades there has been a notable renewal of interest in St Isaac the Syrian, a seventh-century master of the ascetic life. This selection of short sayings is part of Dr Brock’s work on a fuller, long-neglected manuscript which he is making...

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£5.00

Letters of Saint Antony the Great

Derwas Chitty

The late Derwas J. Chitty translated into English seven letters addressed by Saint Antony the Solitary to his disciples. They centre our attention on those things which are essential in the spiritual life. As the reader ponders the text the dominant...

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£6.00

Poet of the Word

Re-reading Scripture with Ephraem the Syrian

Aelred Partridge

St Ephraem’s layered approach to interpreting Scripture formed a tapestry of spiritual wisdom. This essay examines the principles that guided Ephraem’s biblical interpretation and reveals why he is indeed a Poet of the Word.

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£6.50

Letters of Ammonas, Successor of St Antony

2nd Edition

Derwas Chitty

The fourteen surviving letters of Ammonas, disciple of St Antony, on the gifts of the Spirit, spiritual direction and discernment of the will of God

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£5.50

Monastic Letters of St Athanasius the Great

3rd Edn

Leslie William Barnard

Six letters addressed to monks, revealing St Athanasius as a wise spiritual guide and loving pastor, concerned that the monks avoid heresies and extreme behaviour.

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£6.00

Gregory of Nyssa and the Sins of Asia Minor

Jonathan Farrugia

St Gregory of Nyssa is known to theologians as one of the three great Cappadocian Fathers who are credited with the final clarification of the doctrine of the Trinity in the late fourth century. Few have ventured to study his role as a bishop who...

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£8.00

‘In the image of the Image’

Adam Couchman

Gregory of Nyssa is the most important author of the fourth century in relation to theological anthropology, and was one of the most outspoken of the early Church Fathers on the subject of slavery. Gregory’s theology is built upon his perception...

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£6.00

In the Footsteps of the Lord

The Teaching of Abba Isaiah of Scetis 2nd Edition

John Chryssavgis, Luke Penkett

The Discourses of Abba Isaiah of Scetis are grounded in Scripture and the teaching of the earliest Christian monks. Abba Isaiah was one of the first of the Desert Fathers to examine the relationship between abba and disciple, the monastery and the...

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£5.50

Saint Gregory Nazianzen

2nd Edn

John McGuckin

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£2.25

Prayers of Saint Isaac of Nineveh

Sebastian Brock

The scholarly investigations and translations of Prof. Sebastian Brock have been largely responsible for bringing Saint Isaac of Nineveh, also known as Isaac the Syrian, to public attention. Isaac was a seventh-century Syriac Christian bishop and...

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£7.50

Wisdom of the Desert Fathers

Sister Benedicta Ward

'Across a seemingly unbridgeable culture gap these very human saints of the Egyptian wilderness speak to our condition in the new demon-filled deserts of the urban west' (Martin Smith SSJE).

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£8.00

World of the Desert Fathers

2nd Edn

Columba Stewart

Stories and sayings of the Desert Fathers, with an introduction to each section to help us understand the world of the early monks.

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£6.50

Sayings of the Urban Fathers and Mothers

James Ashdown

A translation of sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers into the urban wilderness of twentieth-century London, bringing the wisdom of the ancient desert vibrantly and entertainingly alive for modern Christians.

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£6.50

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