The mariological thought of Mar Jacob of Serugh : (451 - 521)
Author: James Puthuparampil
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Published: 2002
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Mariological Thought of Mar Jacob of Serugh (451-521)
Author: James Puthuparampil
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2012-08-01
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781611435740
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the present work, James Puthuparampil surveys the appearances of Mary within the writings of Jacob of Serugh and attempts to construct the place of Mary within Jacob's broader theological framework.
The World's Oldest Church
Author: Michael Peppard
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2016-01-26
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 0300216513
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichael Peppard provides a historical and theological reassessment of the oldest Christian building ever discovered, the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos. Contrary to commonly held assumptions about Christian initiation, Peppard contends that rituals here did not primarily embody notions of death and resurrection. Rather, he portrays the motifs of the church’s wall paintings as those of empowerment, healing, marriage, and incarnation, while boldly reidentifying the figure of a woman formerly believed to be a repentant sinner as the Virgin Mary. This richly illustrated volume is a breakthrough work that enhances our understanding of early Christianity at the nexus of Bible, art, and ritual.
The Virgin in Song
Author: Thomas Arentzen
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2017-05-02
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0812249070
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Virgin in Song, Thomas Arentzen explores the characterization of Mary in the songs of Romanos the Melodist, one of the greatest liturgical poets of Byzantium. Romanos's hymns shaped a figure, Arentzen argues, who related intimately to her flock in a formative period of Christian orthodoxy.
The Prayers of Jacob of Serugh
Author: Mary Hansbury
Publisher: SLG Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13: 0728302748
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFairacres Publications 177 Jacob of Serugh (451-521) is one of the great poets of the early Syriac tradition. His meditations focus us on the centrality of divine love as he understood it in the context of scripture. These reflections on the mysteries of salvation were prefaces to his homilies; as Sebastian Brock remarks in his Foreword, they ‘are beautiful little gems in their own right.’ In this book, Mary Hansbury presents a selection of the richest and most theologically profound of Jacob’s prayers. They introduce us to his warm pastoral concern for the spiritual and theological formation of the Christians in his care, which has remained lively and accessible down the ages.
Musicality Makes the Malankara Liturgy Mystical
Author: Philip Vyasanethu
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 276
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKGorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
Author: Sebastian P. Brock
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781593337148
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (GEDSH) is the first major encyclopedia-type reference work devoted exclusively to Syriac Christianity, both as a field of scholarly inquiry and as the inheritance of Syriac Christians today. In more than 600 entries it covers the Syriac heritage from its beginnings in the first centuries of the Common Era up to the present day. Special attention is given to authors, literary works, scholars, and locations that are associated with the Classical Syriac tradition. Within this tradition, the diversity of Syriac Christianity is highlighted as well as Syriac Christianity's broader literary and historical contexts, with major entries devoted to Greek and Arabic authors and more general themes, such as Syriac Christianity's contacts with Judaism and Islam, and with Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, and Georgian Christianities.
East Syriac theology : an introduction
Author: Pauly Maniyattu
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 373
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cult of St Anna in Byzantium
Author: Eirini Panou
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-05-11
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1317036786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cult of St Anna in Byzantium is the first undertaking in Byzantine research to study the phenomenon of St Anna’s cult from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries. It was prompted by the need to enrich our knowledge of a female saint who had already been studied in the West but remained virtually unknown in Eastern Christendom. It focuses on a figure little-studied in scholarship and examines the formation, establishment and promotion of an apocryphal saint who made her way to the pantheon of Orthodox saints. Visual and material culture, relics and texts track the gradual social and ideological transformation of Byzantium from early Christianity until the fifteenth century. This book not only examines various aspects of early Christian and Byzantine civilisation, but also investigates how the cult of saints greatly influenced cultural changes in order to suit theological, social and political demands. The cult of St Anna influenced many diverse elements of Christian life in Constantinople, including the creation of sacred spaces and the location of haghiasmata (fountains of holy water) in the city; imperial patronage; the social reception of St Anna’s story; and relic narratives. This monograph breaks new ground in explaining how and why Byzantium and the Orthodox Church attributed scriptural authority to a minor figure known only from a non-canonical work.
