On the Unity of Christ
10 best books like On the Unity of Christ (Cyril of Alexandria): Confessions, On the Incarnation, City of God, The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian studies 59), Cur Deus Homo, John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent (The Classics of Western Spirituality), Beginning to Pray, On God and Christ, The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius: St. Gregory of Nazianzus, The Christological Controversy, On the Holy Spirit
| Author | Augustine of Hippo |
| ISBN | 0192833723 |
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literature. Written in the author's early forties in the last years of the fourth century A.D. and during his first years as a bishop, they reflect on his life and on the activity of remembering and interpreting...
| Author | Athanasius of Alexandria |
| ISBN | 0913836400 |
I was pleased to find On the Incarnation remarkably fresh and engaging, still fierce and still passionate too. Such is rarely the case with works of theology, particularly when orthodoxy has robbed them even of the novelty of heresy, for dry-as-dust disquisitions on settled questions often summon...
| Author | Augustine of Hippo |
| ISBN | 0140448942 |
This is a truly COLOSSAL book!
You know, there are two ways of getting answers in the world... there’s getting the world’s answers (and that’s sometimes doublethink) and there’s getting TRANSCENDENTAL answers!
Sub specie aeternitatis, transcendental answers are the...
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian studies 59)
| Author | Benedicta Ward |
| ISBN | 0879079592 |
`Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century written down in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and later Latin. Their Sayings were collected, in this case in the alphabetical order of the monks and nuns who uttered...
| Author | Anselm of Canterbury |
| ISBN | 1411646436 |
A thought provoking book on the deepest questions which have plagued mankind for time and eternity. Is there a God? Why did he have to die? How are we restored by his death? Anselm tackles these tough questions in his thought provocative book “Cur Deus Homo.” Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 - 1109)...
John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent (The Classics of Western Spirituality)
| Author | John Climacus |
| ISBN | 0809123304 |
This book (the third English translation) offers an image of ladder as a way of ascetical life. It's true that it's aimed at monks, people that join a monastery like one on Mount Athos, but quite a few points work well even for us who are not these people. I'm not sure if I've read this before, but reading it...
| Author | Anthony Bloom |
| ISBN | 0809115093 |
Accessible but not simplistic. A welcome and far cry from the rote spiritual pablum I was raised on regarding prayer in daily life. Bloom explains that prayer starts (and often ends) in silence, an attitude that echoes much I've read about meditation.
My favorite passage describes an elderly...
| Author | Gregory of Nazianzus |
| ISBN | 0881412406 |
Gregory of Nazianzus, "The Theologian," was recognized among the Cappadocian Fathers as a peculiarly vivid and quotable exponent of the doctrine of God in Trinity. A brilliant orator and accomplished poet, he placed before the Church his interpretation of the sublime mystery of the God revealed...
| Author | Richard A. Norris Jr. |
| ISBN | 0800614119 |
Series Foreword I. Introduction Early Christology Initial Problems Justin Martyr, Melito of Sardis, Irenaeus of Lyon, Tertullian of Carthage, Origen of Alexandria Further Problems The Arians and Athanasius; Apollinaris of Laodicea; Theodore of Mopsuestia; Cyril, Nestorius, and Eutyches;...
| Author | Basil the Great |
| ISBN | 0913836745 |
St Basil, much like St Gregory of Nazianzen, begins his work with a dense discussion of the terminology. It is easy for today's reader to miss what is important in the debate. St Basil spends the first few chapters sparring over the use of prepositions as they are applied to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit....
| Author | Augustine of Hippo |
| ISBN | 0911782966 |
Upon reading the first 8 books of Augustin’s ‘On The Trinity’ it’s hard to know what I have learned. In many ways I may ask ‘have I been left with more questions then answers? At times reading this work was frustrating and I found myself saying out loud “What on earth are you talking about you...
| Author | Origen |
| ISBN | 0844626856 |
s/t: Being Koetschau's Text of the De Principiis Translated into English Together with an Introduction & Notes
The Father
Christ
The Holy Spirit
Loss or falling away
Rational natures
The end or consummation
Things corporeal & incorporeal
The angels
The...
The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place
| Author | Andy Crouch |
| ISBN | 0801018668 |
Making conscientious choices about technology in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen time limits for our children. It's about developing wisdom, character, and courage in the way we use digital media rather than accepting technology's promises of ease,...
| Author | Benedict of Nursia |
| ISBN | 1530221056 |
The Rule of Benedict constitutes a basic guide for living the Christian life and continues to be followed by every Benedictine monastery and convent in the world today. Just the idea that a guide for living could not only last 1500 years but continue to be followed by thousands of people makes its study...
