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Various Church Fathers

Selections from the Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian and from the Demonstrations of Aphrahat the Persian Sage.

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Contents 100 sections

  1. Title Page.Front matter
  2. Preface.Front matter
  3. Preliminary.
  4. Summary of the Authenticated Facts of His Life.
  5. Materials for His Biography.
  6. The Life, as Amplified by Mediaeval Biographers.
  7. Recapitulation of Authentic Facts of Life.
  8. Historical Criticism of Mediæval Amplifications.
  9. Rectification of the Vatican Text of the Life.
  10. Chronology of the Life of Ephraim.
  11. His Writings:  Their Characteristics.
  12. The Selections Included in the Present Collection.
  13. Probable Dates of His Works.
  14. Aphrahat the Persian Sage.
  15. Title Page.
  16. Hymn I.
  17. Hymn II.
  18. Hymn III.
  19. Hymn IV.
  20. Hymn V.
  21. Hymn VI.
  22. Hymn VII.
  23. Hymn XIII.
  24. Hymn IX.
  25. Hymn X.
  26. Hymn XI.
  27. Hymn XII.
  28. Hymn XIII. Concerning Mar Jacob and his Companions.
  29. Hymn XIV.
  30. Hymn XV.
  31. Hymn XVI.
  32. Hymn XVII. Concerning Abraham, Bishop of Nisibis.
  33. Hymn XVIII.
  34. Hymn XIX.
  35. Hymn XX.
  36. Hymn XXI.
  37. Hymn XXII-XXXIV.
  38. Hymn XXXV. Concerning Our Lord, and Concerning Death and Satan.
  39. Hymn XXXVI.
  40. Hymn XXXVII.
  41. Hymn XXXVIII.
  42. Hymn XXXIX.
  43. Hymn XL.
  44. Hymn XLI.
  45. Hymn XLII.
  46. Hymn LII. Concerning Satan and Death.
  47. Hymn LIII.
  48. Hymn LIV.
  49. Hymn LV.
  50. Hymn LVI.
  51. Hymn LVII.
  52. Hymn LVIII.
  53. Hymn LIX.
  54. Hymn LX.
  55. Hymn LXI.
  56. Hymn LXII.
  57. Hymn LXIII.
  58. Hymn LXIV.
  59. Hymn LXV.
  60. Hymn LXVI.
  61. Hymn LXVII.
  62. Hymn LXVIII.
  63. Title Page.
  64. Hymn I.
  65. Hymn II.
  66. Hymn III.
  67. Hymn IV.
  68. Hymn V.
  69. Hymn VI.
  70. Hymn VII.
  71. Hymn VIII.
  72. Hymn IX.
  73. Hymn X.
  74. Hymn XI.
  75. Hymn XII.
  76. Hymn XIII. Hymn of the Baptized.
  77. Hymn XIV.
  78. Hymn XV.
  79. Title Page.
  80. Hymn I.
  81. Hymn II.
  82. Hymn III.
  83. Hymn IV.
  84. Hymn V.
  85. Hymn VI.
  86. Hymn VII.
  87. Title Page.
  88. On Our Lord.
  89. On Admonition and Repentance.
  90. On the Sinful Woman.
  91. Title Page.
  92. Letter of an Inquirer.
  93. Of Faith.
  94. Of Wars.
  95. Of Monks.
  96. Of the Resurrection of the Dead.
  97. Of Pastors.
  98. Of Christ the Son of God.
  99. Of Persecution.
  100. Of Death and the Latter Times.

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