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ACW:
Vol. 31: St. John Chrysostom: Baptismal InstructionTranslated and annotated by Paul W. Harkins.
384 pp. PhP 769
This series of eight instructions on baptism were given by St. John Chrysostom, probably at Antioch about 390. Their interest lies in Chrysostom's activity as a mystagogue for the baptismal candidates and as their instructor in Christian doctrine and morality immediately after their initiation.
ACW: Vol. 32: St. Prosper of Aquitaine: The Call of
All Nations
Translated and annotated by P. De Letter, sj.
256 pp. P373
The first document of the Semi-Pelagian controversy, the Defense involves several mutually connected point of doctrine, all of them centered on the gratuity of grace or on the very idea of grace as an undeserved gift of God. A layman connected with the monasteries of Marseilles, Prosper left Gaul for Rome and lived there until after 455.
ACW:
Vol. 34: Palladius: The Lausiac History
Translated and annotated by Robert T. Meyer
274 pp. P769
Palladius has written an important history of early monasticism in Egypt with those biographic sketches or notes on some sixty holy men and women he had met or heard of. The work, dating from 419 or 420, is dedicated to Lausus, the royal chamberlain at the court of Emperor Theodosius II.
ACW:
Vol. 41: St. Augustine: The Literal Meaning of Genesis, Vol. 1
Translated and annotated by John Hammond Taylor, S.J.
232 pp. P659
A thorough and conscientious commentary on the first three chapters from the Book of Genesis, completed in 415. Augustine's purpose is to explain, to the best of his ability, what the author intended to say about what God did when he made heaven and earth.
ACW: Vol. 46: The
Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage, Vol. 3
Translated and annotated by G. W. Clarke
352 pp. PhP 549
The letters cover the period from mid-251 to 254, and reveal details of the persecution under Gallus, and the African Council meetings over the years 251-253.
ACW: Vol. 47: The
Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage, Vol;. 4
Translated and annotated by G. W. Clarke
336 pp. P549
The letters in this volume were composed over the years 254-258, when Cyprian was martyred.
ACW:
Vol. 49: Theodoret of Cyrus : On Divine Providence
Translated and annotated by Thomas Halton
238 pp P439
Theodoret can be called the last great torchbearer of Christian rhetoric in Asia and De providentia is regarded by many as exhibiting his literary power in its highest form. Written c. 437
ACW: Vol. 50: Sermons of
St. Maximus of Turin
Translated and annotated by Boniface Ramsey
400 pp. P505
Maximus' sermons are models of a good, popular homiletic style that must
have been widespread. Short, characterized by a love of imagery, and with
passages of great beauty, they are direct and easy to understand, and
in them Maximus manifests his engagement with his rural, superstitious
and devout congregation. Maximus' m
inistry in Turin dates to the years between c. 390 and 408/423.
ACW:
Vol. 51: Cassiodorus, Vol. 1: Explanation of the Psalms
Translated and 11annotated by P.G. Walsh
624 pp. P813
The composition of this work can be alloted to the period of the 540s
and 550s. Cassiodorus deploys the psalms not only for the purposes of
instruction in theology and hermeneutics, but also to inculcate a general
education in eloquence.
ACW: Vol. 52: Cassiodorus,
Vol. 2: Explanation of the Psalms
Translated and annotated by P. G. Walsh
528 pp. P769
The composition of this work can be allotted to the period of the 540s and 550s. Cassiodorus deploys the psalms not only for the purposes of instruction in theology and hermeneutics, but also to inculcate a general education in eloquence.
ACW:
Vol. 53: Cassiodorus, Vol. 2: Explanation of the Psalms
Translated and annotated by P. G. Walsh
540 pp. P769
The composition of this work can be allotted to the period of the 540s and 550s. Cassiodorus deploys the psalms not only for the purposes of instruction in theology and hermeneutics, but also to inculcate a general education in eloquence.
ACW:
Vol. 54: Origen: Treatise on the Passover and dialogue with Heraclides
Translated and edited by Robert J. Daly, sj
128 pp. P373
The Treatise on the Passover dates from around 245. Its central insight is that the passover is not a figure or type of the passion of Christ, but a figure of Christ himself, of Christ's passing over to the Father. The Dialogue with Heraclides probably comes from between the years 244 and 249. It seems to be the record of a synod-like meeting of bishops, in the presence of lay people, called to discuss matters of belief and worship. Both pieces seem to come from the last decade of Origen's activity, when he was at the height of his powers.
ACW:
Vol. 56: St. Justin Martyr: The First and Second Apologies
Translated with introduction and notes by Leslie William Barnard
256 pp. P659
An English translation from Greek of Justin Martyr's two major apologetic works, which are recognized as a formative influence on the development of Christian theology in the early church.