Funeral Orations (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 22) [electronic resource] / translated by Leo P. McCauley [and others] With an introd. on the early Christian funeral oration by Martin R.P. McGuire.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2004, c1953.

Series:

Fathers of the church ; v. 22.
The Fathers of the church, a new translation, v. 22

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (369 p.)

Subjects:

Funeral sermons.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Contents:

""CONTENTS ""; ""INTRODUCTION: THE CHRISTIAN FUNERAL ORATION ""; ""ST. GREGORY NAZIANZEN: Four Funeral Orations ""; ""Introduction ""; ""On His Brother, St. Caesarius""; ""On St. Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea""; ""On His Sister, St. Gorgonia ""; ""On His Father, in the Presence of St. Basil""; ""ST. AMBROSE: On the Death of his Brother Satyrus ""; ""On His Brother Satyrus ""; ""Introduction ""; ""First Oration ""; ""Second Oration: On Faith in the Resurrection ""; ""On Emperor Valentinian ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Text ""; ""On Emperor Theodosius ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Text ""
""INDEX ""

Notes:

First paperback reprint.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. xxii-xxiii.
Description based on print version record.

Contributor:

McGuire, Martin R. P. (Martin Rawson Patrick), 1897-1969.
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397.
Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint.

ISBN:

0-8132-1122-0

OCLC:

867796612

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