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The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
The First Part Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of Aelfric in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version

Volume 1

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  • Date Published: August 2013
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781108061100

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  • The 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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    • Date Published: August 2013
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781108061100
    • length: 644 pages
    • dimensions: 216 x 140 x 36 mm
    • weight: 0.8kg
    • availability: Available
  • 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.

  • Author

    Ælfric Abbot of Eynsham

    Editor and Translator

    Benjamin Thorpe

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