Reading the Gospels with Gregory the Great

Reading the Gospels with Gregory the Great
Author: Pope Gregory I
Publisher: St Bede's Publications
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2002-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781879007444

Gregory the Great (c. 560-604 C.E.) occupies a key position in the development of Christian commentary on the Scriptures. Pope and political leader during a chaotic era of transition in the history of Western Europe, he may be best known for his famous encounter with English children in the Roman slave market and his commissioning of St. Augustine of Canterbury's subsequent mission to England. Gregory's "Homilies on the Gospels" were first preached in 591-92, early in his papacy, and were very popular for their vigorous and engaging style. Using simple words to preach to the nobles and common people of Rome, Gregory employs metaphors, analogies, stories and images to answer basic questions of faith. His exegetical interpretation may often seem simplistic to the modern reader, but shows his dependence on earlier patristic tradition and reveals his pastoral heart. -- Book cover.

Forty Gospel Homilies

Forty Gospel Homilies
Author: Pope Gregory I
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1990
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN:

In these 40 sermons on the Gospel, Gregory the Great can be seen as both pastor and preacher. He pays attention to the historical details of Scripture, seeks out its moral application to daily Christian life, and through it reflects on the hidden reality of God. He believed that the Christian study of the Scripture entailed a personal engagement with mystery and openness to transformation, as an attempt to achieve individual perception of the divine while one is still bound by earthly and bodily ties.

Homilies on the Gospels: Lent to the Dedication of the Church

Homilies on the Gospels: Lent to the Dedication of the Church
Author: Saint Bede (the Venerable)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1991
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

From the eighth to the fifteenth centuries, Bede's authority as a scriptural exegete was second only to that of the Doctors of the Latin Church. His influence was enormous. Yet modern readers associate this remarkable scholar-monk only with his History of the English Church and Nation and ignore the works he saw as his chief accomplishment. - Back cover of book 1.

The Net Bible Synopsis of the Four Gospels

The Net Bible Synopsis of the Four Gospels
Author: Gregory White
Publisher: Biblical Studies Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2009-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0737501537

A synopsis is a tool which displays different passages of a text side by side for comparison. This is most commonly done with the four Gospels of the New Testament because of their similar material, but it could reasonably be done with any text that has similar passages, such as the Old Testament historical narratives. The synopsis you presently hold contains the four Gospels of the New Testament. It is different from comparing parallel versions, such as one English translation to another, because all of the passages displayed in this synopsis are from the same version, the NET Bible. It is different from a harmony because the passages are not reorganized into one story; each Gospel in a synopsis is separate from the others and can be read by itself or in comparison with the others. This parallel arrangement enables fruitful comparison of the Gospels to each other so each may be understood well on its own in light of the others.

The Book of Pastoral Rule

The Book of Pastoral Rule
Author: Saint Gregory the Great
Publisher: Aeterna Press
Total Pages: 186
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

With kind and humble intent thou reprovest me, dearest brother, for having wished by hiding myself to fly from the burdens of pastoral care; as to which, lest to some they should appear light, I express with my pen in the book before you all my own estimate of their heaviness, in order both that he who is free from them may not unwarily seek them, and that he who has so sought them may tremble for having got them. This book is divided into four separate heads of argument, that it may approach the reader’s mind by allegations arranged in order—by certain steps, as it were. For, as the necessity of things requires, we must especially consider after what manner every one should come to supreme rule; and, duly arriving at it, after what manner he should live; and, living well, after what manner he should teach; and, teaching aright, with how great consideration every day he should become aware of his own infirmity; lest either humility fly from the approach, or life be at variance with the arrival, or teaching be wanting to the life, or presumption unduly exalt the teaching.

Gregory of Nyssa Against Eunomius

Gregory of Nyssa Against Eunomius
Author: Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Publisher: Aeterna Press
Total Pages: 491
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

It seems that the wish to benefit all, and to lavish indiscriminately upon the first comer one’s own gifts, was not a thing altogether commendable, or even free from reproach in the eyes of the many; seeing that the gratuitous waste of many prepared drugs on the incurably-diseased produces no result worth caring about, either in the way of gain to the recipient, or reputation to the would-be benefactor. Rather such an attempt becomes in many cases the occasion of a change for the worse. The hopelessly-diseased and now dying patient receives only a speedier end from the more active medicines; the fierce unreasonable temper is only made worse by the kindness of the lavished pearls, as the Gospel tells us. I think it best, therefore, in accordance with the Divine command, for any one to separate the valuable from the worthless when either have to be given away, and to avoid the pain which a generous giver must receive from one who treads upon his pearl,’ and insults him by his utter want of feeling for its beauty.

The Dialogues of Gregory the Great Translated Into Anglo-Norman French by Angier

The Dialogues of Gregory the Great Translated Into Anglo-Norman French by Angier
Author: Pope Gregory I.
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2018-02-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781376766387

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Jesus in Context

Jesus in Context
Author: Darrell L. Bock
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2005-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801027195

Gathers key extra-biblical writings that provide the necessary background for Gospel passages in one handy volume.

Pastoral Rule

Pastoral Rule
Author: St Gregory the Great
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781088157442

Recognized as the most thorough pastoral treatise of the late Latin patristic era, this sixth-century work by Pope St. Gregory the Great carefully details the duties and obligations of the clergy concerning the spiritual formation of their flock.

The Fathers on the Sunday Gospels

The Fathers on the Sunday Gospels
Author: Holmes
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814635407

Now, the fathers of the church speak from across the ages each week: The Fathers on the Sunday Gospels provides rich reflections on every Sunday gospel reading in the three-year Lectionary from Augustine, Bede, Ambrose, Gregory the Great, Aelred, John Scotus Erigena, Origen, Cyril of Alexandria, and many more. This unique volume will prove to be an invaluable companion for preachers and for personal reflection on the Sunday gospels. It is also an ideal gift for ordination and anniversaries of priesthood.