A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Volume 8

A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Volume 8
Author: Philip Schaff
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2022-04-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666740489

Philip Schaff’s classic work colloquially known as The Early Church Fathers is an invaluable resource filled with the primary documents and early theological building blocks for the Christian church. Comprised of thirty-eight volumes, it is broken into three parts: the Ante-Nicene Fathers, and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First and Second Series.

Beware the Evil Eye Volume 4

Beware the Evil Eye Volume 4
Author: John H. Elliott
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2017-04-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498230733

This first full-scale study of the Evil Eye in the Bible and the biblical communities has traced in four volumes evidence of Evil Eye belief and practice in the ancient world from Mesopotamia (c. 3000 BCE) to Late Roman Antiquity (c. 600 CE). The fourth and final volume considers the literary and material evidence of the unabated thriving of Evil Eye belief and practice in Israel following the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in 70 CE (chapter 1) and in early Christianity (chapter 2) through Late Antiquity (500-600 CE), with a brief reference to Evil Eye lore in early Islam. Numerous cross-references relate the subject matter of this volume to that of the previous three. A concluding Epilogue (chapter 3) offers some final thoughts on this survey of Evil Eye belief and practice in antiquity and their role in conceptualizing and combatting the pernicious forces of evil in daily life. Beside presenting the first full-scale monograph on the Evil Eye in the Bible and the biblical communities (volumes 3 and 4), the volumes summarize a century of research since the milestone two-volume study of Siegfried Seligmann, Der bose Blick und Verwandtes (1910), and they describe the ecological, historical, social, and cultural contexts within which the biblical texts are best understood. Throughout the study, the Evil Eye in antiquity is treated not as an instance of vulgar superstition or deluded magic, but as a physiological, psychological, and moral phenomenon whose operation was deemed explicable on rational grounds.

Christ and the Church

Christ and the Church
Author: Gregory Afonsky
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2001
Genre: Church
ISBN: 9780881412161

"In this dogmatic essay, Archbishop Gregory Afonsky expounds upon thirty years of research and teaching in the field of ecclesiology to demonstrate the divine origin of the Church and its importance in the life of the believer. Countering the sentiment that a Christian is saved independently of community, the author insists that following the footsteps of Jesus Christ entails a journey within His Body."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Beware the Evil Eye, 4-Volume Set

Beware the Evil Eye, 4-Volume Set
Author: John H. Elliott
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 1222
Release: 2017-09-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532638515

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus of Nazareth makes reference to one of the oldest beliefs in the ancient world—the malignity of an Evil Eye. The Holy Scriptures in their original languages contain no less than twenty-four references to the Evil Eye, although this is obscured by most modern Bible translations. John H. Elliott’s Beware the Evil Eye describes this belief and associated practices, its history, its voluminous appearances in ancient cultures, and the extensive research devoted to it over the centuries in order to unravel this enigma for readers who have never heard of the Evil Eye and its presence in the Bible. The four volumes cover the ancient world from Sumer to the Middle Ages.

A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Volume 4

A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Volume 4
Author: Philip Schaff
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 701
Release: 2022-04-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666740306

Philip Schaff’s classic work colloquially known as The Early Church Fathers is an invaluable resource filled with the primary documents and early theological building blocks for the Christian church. Comprised of thirty-eight volumes, it is broken into three parts: the Ante-Nicene Fathers, and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First and Second Series.