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Homilies on Isaiah / Origen ; translated by Elizabeth Ann Dively Lauro
(The fathers of the church, a new translation ; v. 142)

Publisher	Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press
Year	c2021
Authors	*Origen author Dively Lauro, Elizabeth Ann translator

Location	Volume	Call No.	Barcode No.	Status	Comments	ISBN	Printed	Restriction	Reserve
Library Main Building Basement (Foreign Books, Code Classification)	: cloth	1900:156:142	121063323L			9780813233734			Reserve	Reserve

Material Type	Books
Size	xv, 146 p. ; 22 cm
Other titles	original title:Sermons
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii-xv) and indexes Summary: "The early Christian theologian Origen preached this series of nine homilies on the Old Testament book of Isaiah between the years 245 and 248 in the city of Caesarea in Roman-occupied Palestine. In these homilies Origen utilizes his characteristic approach to exegesis by providing interpretations on three levels: literal, moral, and allegorical. His main theme is that Christian believers must progress in their own moral cleansing and in achieving deeper understanding in order to arrive at spiritual union with the Trinity. His interpretation of Isaiah's vision in Isaiah 6 is that the two Seraphim represent the Son of God and the Holy Spirit appearing on both sides of the Father's throne, and in this way the entire Trinity is represented. The original Greek of these homilies was lost, but they survive in Latin translation, a translation probably produced by St. Jerome, a scholar of the ancient Church. In this book, Elizabeth Ann Dively Lauro has translated into English the ancient Latin translation of
Uniform title	Sermons
Subjects	LCSH:Bible. Isaiah -- Sermons All Subject Search LCSH:Sermons, Latin -- Translations into English All Subject Search LCSH:Bible. Isaiah
Classification	LCC:BS1515.54 DC23:252
Language	English
ID	1001198974
ISBN	9780813233734
NCID	BC05757923