The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Benjamin Thorpe
£46.00
GBPThe writings of Ælfric of Eynsham (c.950–c.1010) are among the most important to survive from Anglo-Saxon England. He was shaped by tenth-century monastic reform, and his promotion of Old English was highly influential. His earliest known works, the Sermones Catholici (c.990–5), are adaptations of Latin texts rendered in Old English. The homilies draw on the gospels, saints' lives and other doctrinal themes. They were intended to be delivered over two years. This two-volume collection, first published between 1844 and 1846, contains transcriptions of the Old English texts with facing-page translations by Benjamin Thorpe (1781/2–1870). A well-respected scholar with a strong interest in promoting the study of Old English, Thorpe produced an important edition of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the Rolls Series (also reissued in this series). Volume 2 of the present work contains the sermons for the second year, focusing on doctrine and church history.
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August 2013Paperback
9781108061117
628 pages
216 × 140 × 35 mm
0.79kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The nativity of the Lord
- 2. The nativity of St Stephen protomartyr
- 3. Sermon on the Lord's epiphany
- 4. The second Sunday after the Lord's epiphany
- 5. Septuagesima Sunday
- 6. Sexagesima Sunday
- 7. The first Sunday in Lent
- 8. The second Sunday in Lent
- 9. St Gregory the Great
- 10. The deposition of St Cuthberht
- 11. St Benedict, abbot
- 12. Midlent Sunday
- 13. The fifth Sunday in Lent
- 14. Palm Sunday
- 15. A sermon on the sacrifice on Easter-day
- 16. Another sermon on Easter-day
- 17. Wednesday in Easter week
- 18. The apostles Philip and James
- 19. The invention of the holy cross
- 20. The saints Alexander, Eventius and Theodulus
- 21. Monday
- 22. On the greater litany
- 23. Another vision
- 24. A hortatory sermon on the efficacy of holy mass
- 25. On the greater litany
- 26. The third Sunday after Pentecost
- 27. Another narrative on the text of the gospel
- 28. On the festival of St Peter the apostle
- 29. The fifth Sunday after Pentecost
- 30. The ninth Sunday after Pentecost
- 31. The nativity of St James the apostle
- 32. The seven holy sleepers
- 33. The twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
- 34. The assumption of the holy virgin Mary
- 35. The first Sunday in September
- 36. The sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
- 37. The nativity of St Matthew
- 38. The passion of the holy apostles Simon and Jude
- 39. The deposition of St Martin
- 40. On the nativity of one apostle
- 41. On the nativity of several apostles
- 42. On the nativity of holy martyrs
- 43. On the nativity of one confessor
- 44. On the nativity of holy virgins
- 45. On the dedication of a church.
