The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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USDThe 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 1 of the present work contains the sermons for the first year, focusing on important events in the church calendar.
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August 2013Paperback
9781108061100
644 pages
216 × 140 × 36 mm
0.8kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. On the beginning of creation
- 2. On the nativity of Our Lord
- 3. The passion of the Blessed Stephen protomartyr
- 4. The assumption of St John the Apostle
- 5. The nativity of the Innocents
- 6. The octaves and circumcision of Our Lord
- 7. The epiphany of Our Lord
- 8. The third Sunday after the Lord's epiphany
- 9. On the purification of St Mary
- 10. Shrove Tuesday
- 11. The first Sunday in Lent
- 12. Midlent Sunday
- 13. The annunciation of St Mary
- 14. For Palm Sunday
- 15. Easter Sunday
- 16. The first Sunday after Easter
- 17. The second Sunday after Easter
- 18. On the greater litany
- 19. On the Lord's prayer
- 20. Of the Catholic faith
- 21. On the Lord's ascension
- 22. On the holy day of Pentecost
- 23. The second Sunday after Pentecost
- 24. The fourth Sunday after Pentecost
- 25. The nativity of St John the Baptist
- 26. The passion of the apostles Peter and Paul
- 27. The nativity of St Paul the apostle
- 28. The eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
- 29. The passion of the blessed martyr Lawrence
- 30. On the assumption of the blessed Mary
- 31. The passion of St Bartholomew the apostle
- 32. The decollation of St John the Baptist
- 33. The seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
- 34. Dedication of the church of St Michael the Archangel
- 35. The twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
- 36. The nativity of All Saints
- 37. The nativity of St Clement the martyr
- 38. The nativity of St Andrew the apostle
- 39. The first Sunday in the Lord's advent
- 40. The second Sunday in the Lord's advent
- Notes.
