The Sermon on the Mount and Moral Theology
The Sermon on the Mount and Moral Theology

Author: William C. Mattison, III

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1316772896

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In this volume, William C. Mattison, III demonstrates that virtue ethics provides a helpful key for unlocking the moral wisdom of the Sermon on the Mount. Showing how familiar texts such as the Beatitudes and Petitions of the Lord's Prayer are more richly understood, and can even be aligned with the theological and cardinal virtues, he also locates in the Sermon classic topics in morality, such as the nature of happiness, intentionality, the intelligibility of human action, and the development of virtue. Yet far from merely placing the teaching of Aristotle in the mouth of Jesus, he demonstrates how the Sermon presents an account of happiness and virtue transformed in the light of Christian faith. The happiness portrayed is that of the Kingdom of heaven, and the habits needed to participate in it in the next life, but even initially in this one, are possible only by God's grace through Jesus Christ, and lived in the community that is the Church.

Sermons (148-183) on the New Testament
Sermons (148-183) on the New Testament

Author: Saint Augustine (of Hippo)

Publisher: New City Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1565480074

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Sermons 148-183 are on the New Testament. The English reads smoothly and clearly. The sermons have helpful subdivisions in the contents as well as the text. Highly recommended." Library Journal A must for libraries" Catholic Library World An excellent resource!" Choice

The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple
The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple

Author: Professor John W Welch

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2013-05-28

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 140947822X

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No religious text has influenced the world more than has the New Testament's Sermon on the Mount, and yet this crucial text still begs to be more clearly understood. Why was it written? What unifying theme or purpose holds it all together? Should it be called a sermon? Or is it some other kind of composition? How would its earliest listeners have heard its encoded allusions and systematic program? This book offers new insights into the Sermon on the Mount by seeing it in the shadow of the all-pervasive Temple in Jerusalem, which dominated the religious landscape of the world of Jesus and his earliest disciples. Analyzing Matthew 5-7 in light of biblical and Jewish backgrounds, ritual studies, and oral performances in early Christian worship, this reading coherently integrates every line in the Sermon. It positions the Sermon as the premier Christian mystery.

The Decalogue in the Sermon on the Mount
The Decalogue in the Sermon on the Mount

Author: Dan Lioy

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780820470825

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In this work, Dan Lioy first investigates the biblical concept of the law. He then conducts a thoroughgoing analysis of the Decalogue and the Sermon on the Mount. He gives particular attention to the connection between these two great bodies of biblical literature. The result is a comprehensive study that argues for the enduring relevance of the moral law. This volume is appropriate for personal study and is also suitable as a college and seminary text.