Download or read book Instructions Counsel for Novices written by St. Ammonas the Hermit and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Ammonas, the Egyptian hermit and successor to St. Anthony the great, lays out his instructions to young monastic novitiates in this short treatise. In it he warned against the sin of pride, encourages his monks to learn to "die to themselves" and accept that there is "no longer any I, but Christ". He offers practical advise for maintaining humility and encouraging wisdom to strengthen them in their daily struggle against their own passions.
Download or read book Law 101 written by Brien A Roche and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A solid reference for both the everyday and the unexpected legal issues, written by practicing attorneys Law 101 is an essential reference that explains: How laws are made How the court system works How each area of the law impacts your daily life Key information for important questions: How does a lawsuit begin? How do civil and criminal law differ? When do state laws trump federal laws? What makes a contract solid? What can you expect if called as a juror? What can you expect if called as a witness? And other complex areas of the law that you need to know. No home reference shelf is complete without this indispensible guide. The new edition also includes information on legal subjects that have become more important recently, including alternative dispute resolution, privacy rights, and Internet law.
Download or read book Instructions written by St. Columba of Iona and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, which in its original Latin was 'Instructiones' is a composition by the Irish St. Columba, dedicated to provided moral direction for the various people in the care of the saint and his disciples. This largely entails a rejection of personal pride, a commitment to poverty and chastity, and an indwelling sense of restrain that should be observed at all times. These are intended to form a sense of personal moral discipline and insight into our own psychological limitations. This text is presented in both its original Latin, as well as an English translation.
Download or read book Three Letters from the Companion of the Bulgars written by St. Rupert of Juvavum and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of otherwise anonymous letters regarding the activity of missionary behavior on the Frankish frontier. The identity of 'Bulgars' here is mistaken for the Avars, who were the dominant pagan military force of the 7th century. This is rare insight into the affairs of the Frankish court into their international affairs.
Download or read book The Eight Vices written by Eutropius of Valencia and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bishop Eutropius, who lived in late Visigothic Spain, gives his counsel on the subject of the seven deadly sins and ways that anyone can avoid them through conscientious practice. He delineates in this work how these sins are related to one another.
Download or read book Laws of the Church written by Dagobert II, King of Franks and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of royal charters from the Merovingian king St. Dagobert II. It deals with the establishment and grants of certain monasteries within the Frankish realm, and the special royal privileges that they enjoy under the Frankish crown.
Download or read book Life of St Onuphrius written by St. Salonius of Geneva and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Onuphrius was one of the Egyptian Desert Fathers who is helped lay the foundation of Eastern spirituality and monasticism in the 4th and 5th centuries, around the time that Christianity was emerging as the dominant faith of the Roman Empire. The name Onuphrius is thought to be a Hellenized form of a Coptic name Unnufer, from the Demotic Egyptian, meaning "perfect one", an epithet of the pagan god Osiris. There are two surviving accounts given of his life. This work, by St. Salonius, and another by Paphnutius the Ascetic. The provenance of this Greco-Latin work is unclear, although it appears to be a work of the 5th century, and may have reasonable historicity despite its geographic distance.
Download or read book The Mystical Interpretation of the Ancestry of Our Lord Jesus Christ written by St. Aileran the Wise and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Irish scholar St. Aileran discusses the ancestry of Christ given in Matthew 1. However, he seeks to tie the Hebrew meaning of the name of Christ's ancestors with quote by Him during His lifetime and ministry. This is the first section with its compendium in the Moral Interpretation, which he wrote shortly before his death and is incomplete.
Download or read book Teaching concerning the views of Origen Evargius Didymas written by St. Barsanuphius the Great and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text consists of a series of questions posed by a monastic brother to two elders, Barsanuphius and John, regarding the teachings of the church hersiarchs: Origen, Didymus, and Evagrius, as well as the beliefs about pre-existence, the nature of angels and demons, and the concept of restoration. The responses emphasize the rejection of these teachings as being demonic, leading to eternal punishment, and the importance of focusing on personal weaknesses, repentance, and humility.
Download or read book The Synod of Rome written by St. Boniface IV of Rome and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Synod of Rome is a minor Latin council dealing with the priestly office of monks in the recently baptized kingdom of Kent. Among its few surviving notices are the submission of the crown of England to the authority of the Pope, as noted by king Aethelbert.
Download or read book Two Letters written by St. Dionysus of Alexandria and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two letters were composed by St. Dionysius as he attempted to curb some of the Christological errors present in the early Alexandrian church. He does not address who is present, but many of the issues that are present relate direct to the question of the divinity of Christ.
Download or read book Old Nubian Miracle of St Mena written by Francis Llewellyn Griffith and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is one of the few surviving works to come out of the Nubian church in its zenith. It gives a comical account of a pilgrim drawn to the church of the Coptic Saint Menas, and the events that transpire along the way as she sojourns the Nile river. It has its parallels in Coptic literature, where it parallels accounts given in the Synaxarium, but its distinctive because of its employment of the medieval Nubian tongue and its orientation towards Upper Egypt.
Download or read book The Nicene Canons in the Old Nubian Language written by Francis Llewellyn Griffith and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of fragments relating to the Arabic Nicene canons, also known as the Pseudo-Nicene Canons, or the Arabic Nicene Canons in Old Nubian. Most of these canons deal with the early Nubian church as it established its relationship away from both the Roman church, but also the Persian church.
Download or read book Privileges of the Abbot of Canterbury written by St. Augustine of Canterbury and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a short work attributed to the founder of the English church, wherein he outlines the limits and powers that Canterbury holds over other bishops, and the special relationship that it enjoys with Rome as the result of its primacy.
Download or read book Apology Against Theodore written by St. Cyril of Alexandria and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extended work is intended to address the claims made by Theodore, the bishop of Mopsuestia, who allegedly was the counselor and defender of Nestorius, Archbishop of Constantinople. St. Cyril, along with many other of the church fathers, claim that the Nestorian heresy originates with Theodore and his claims about the divinity of Christ, and by extension, his mother the Theotokos. Theodore, during his lifetime, was regarded as an orthodox Christian churchman, who guarded against the Arianist camp, but was later condemned formally four years later at the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus. This work by St. Cyril is likely dated to that period between his death and the assembly of the council in Anatolia.
Download or read book The Decree of 610 written by Gundemar, King of Visigoths and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Visigothic king of Spain, Gundemar, issues this edict to protect his authority over the Spanish church from some unspecified Byzantine bishops in North Africa. He announced regal supremacy in lands, utilizing church precedence via the See of Toledo.
Download or read book Letter to Leo written by St. Proterius of Alexandria and published by Dalcassian Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Proterius remains a controversial figure in the history of Christianity. His election as the patriarch of Alexandria against Dioscorus, who had been deemed as a heresiarch by the Council of Chalcedon. His arrival in the Roman city resulted in a massive riot, as the Coptic church saw this as illicit Imperial intervention. For his part, St. Proterius sought to re-incorporate the Egyptian church into the other major Christian sees, including that of Rome. His letter here is directed to Pope Leo I regarding the political climate the was present in the church in the 5th century.
