Tractates on the Gospel of John, 1-10 (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series)
By Unknown Author.
Description
In Christian Latinity, the tractate is a specific type of sermon, delivered as part of a liturgy, which combines scriptural exegesis, preaching, spiritual commentary, and theological reflection. This volume contains the first ten of the 124 tractates on the Gospel of John delivered by St. Augustine, the world-renowned fourth-century bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa. As sermons they exemplify the theory of preaching he outlined in his De doctrina Christiana (On Christian Instruction) ―to preach in a simple and direct style accessible to all without compromising the theological knowledg...
ISBN(s)
0813210283, 9780813210285
