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Title: On the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei by Athanasius, St. Anhanasius, St. Athanasius, Saint Anthanasius, C. S. Lewis ISBN: 0-913836-40-0 Publisher: St Vladimirs Seminary Pr Pub. Date: August, 1977 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Mandatory Reading
Comment: St. Athansius gives us the Orthodox understanding of the Incarnation of the Word and our redemption in Him. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Fathers of the Church or the Orthodox understanding of salvation.
Rating: 5
Summary: A treasure.
Comment: This is a true treasure of Christian literature. For the modern reader, names like "Athanasius" can be a bit daunting. Surely his book would be too deep and complicated to understand fully. How relavent is it to our own day anyhow?
Like C.S. Lewis points out in his introduction to the work, often the men of ancient times put things more clearly and without the bothersome "-isms" of modern thinking.
This book is encouraging to the Christian and welcoming to those who do not yet know Christ. Athanasius' sense of God's love for man, and his logic that explains how God showed that love is quite breathtaking.
Rating: 5
Summary: A True Christian Classic!
Comment: In this day, when a Christian classic is often considered to be a book written 50 or 100 years ago, such as one of my favorites, "Mere Christianity," by C.S. Lewis, it may be a little intimidating for modern readers to consider a volume written during the 4th century by one of the acknowledged leaders of the ancient Christian Church. This is one such work that I've ashamedly ignored for over 30 years--until recently--despite the fact that I've been a huge fan of C.S. Lewis, who wrote the Introduction for this fine translation in about 1944.In both the introduction, and in the words of St. Athanasius, one can quickly see where Lewis developed many of his ideas for "Mere Christianity." Lewis writes here: "Measured against the ages "mere Christianity" turns out to be no insipid interdenominational transparency, but something positive, self-consistent, and inexhaustible."Another reviewer here refers to this book as Catholic, which, unfortunately, may possibly scare away some Protestant readers. However, one could also call it Orthodox (or orthodox), in the sense that St. Athanasius wrote at a time in history when there was only One Undivided Church, whether one calls it Catholic or Orthodox. He was responding to the heresies of his day (and I might add that many of those heresies are still around in one form or another). In doing so, St. Athanasius helped to codify what all Christians everywhere believed about the Incarnation of Christ in those days. As Lewis says in his introduction, some of the best devotional reading is in doctrinal books. This is one such book, but don't let it scare you away, like it did me for 30 years. It's well worth the read, and not as challenging as one would assume.An additional bonus to the St. Vladimir's Press 1996 edition is the appendix: "The Letter of St. Athanasius to Marcellinus on the Interpretation of the Psalms." In this gem, St. Athanasius provides delightful devotional and theological background to the Book of Psalms, which many call the Prayer Book of the Bible. This appendix alone is worth the purchase price of the book (but be sure you get the right edition).
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Title: Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics) by Saint Anselm, Brian Davies, G. R. Evans, Anselm of Canterbury ISBN: 0192825259 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Confessions (OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS) by Saint Augustine, Henry Chadwick ISBN: 0192833723 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Eusebius: The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine by Eusebius, G.A. Williamson ISBN: 0140445358 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Consolation of Philosophy (Penguin Classics) by Boethius, Victor Watts ISBN: 0140447806 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: St. Basil the Great on the Holy Spirit by Saint, the Great, Abp. of Caesarea, Basilius, St Basil the Great, David Anderson ISBN: 0913836745 Publisher: St Vladimirs Seminary Pr Pub. Date: November, 1980 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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