The Fathers of the Church, Volume 39 - St Gregory the Great: Dialogues
Odo John Zimmerman
Rich in captivating narratives, the four books of Dialogues of Gregory the Great (Pope, 590-604) present hagiographical accounts of the lives of Italian saints whose holiness remained intact during tumultuous times. Of these, the most famous is the monastic founder Benedict, whose life story occupies all of Book Two. These stories, along with Book Four's mixture of expository and narrative assurances of the immortality of the soul, must have been encouraging to its contemporary Italian readers, especially since Gregory wrote these books at a time when Italy had been ravaged by barbarian invasions, floods, plagues, and famines.
Thể loại:
Năm:
2002
Nhà xuát bản:
The Catholic University of America Press
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
304
ISBN 10:
0813213223
ISBN 13:
9780813213224
Loạt:
Fathers of the Church
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PDF, 14.38 MB
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english, 2002