Easter in the Early Church: An Anthology of Jewish and Early Christian Texts - Softcover

Cantalamessa, Raniero; Quigley, James M.

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9780814621646: Easter in the Early Church: An Anthology of Jewish and Early Christian Texts

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English (translation)Original Greek, Italian, Latin

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This anthology of texts for students and preachers presents the authentic Christian traditions about Easter. Father Cantalamessa comments on texts of the ancient Jewish authors (Exodus 12, Deuteronomy 16, Philo of Alexandria), the New Testament writers (the Gospel writers, Paul), writers of the second century (Eusebius of Caesarea, Hippolytus of Rome), Greek writers (Heracleon, Ptolemy, Melito of Sardis, Irenaeus), Syrian writers (Ephraem the Syrian, Cyrillonas), Latin writers (Tertullian, Zeno of Verona, Ambrose of Milan), and others.?This is an excellent resource book, which has been augmented and revised by Father Raniero since the original Italian edition of 1978.? Liturgy

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