Homilies on the Gospel - Book 1 pb

Homilies on the Gospel - Book 1 pbSt. Bede the Venerable The Homilies are arranged liturgically, according to the calendar of Scripture readings in use in Orthodox England. Although it differs in detail from the present Orthodox calendar, the differences are of no great significance. In these commentaries, and the companion commentaries on the Epistles of St. Paul and the Acts of the Apostles, we have a great treasure indeed: out of the same cultural philosophical tradition in which

Prosdoke & Domnina

His writings were sometimes suppressed by ecclesiastical authorities wary of his fierce enthusiasm

as well as the variable portions of the Liturgy

Jesus Raises Lazarus

the story of the life and martyrdom of the blessed virgin Justina and the magician

And in the process

but the subject is profoundly Scriptural

Symeon's disciple Nicetas Stethatos

told with attention to scholarly detail

Seraphim's astute analysis is a valuable weapon in our spiritual armory

A fitting companion to The Purple Mantle

Ambrose of Milan