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Gregory of Nyssa and the Sins of Asia Minor

Author : Jonathan Farrugia

Publisher : SLG Press

Page : 98 pages

File Size : 26,30 MB

Release : 2023-07-09

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0728303582

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Fairacres Publications 203 St Gregory of Nyssa is known to theologians as one of the three great Cappadocian Fathers who are credited with the final clarification of the doctrine of the Trinity in the late fourth century. Few have ventured to study his role as a bishop who took pains to teach his flock the mysteries of the faith and how to lead a good Christian life. This short study delves into the moral teaching that St Gregory delivered to his audience by analyzing the specific sins about which he is teaching. Given that he preached all over Roman Anatolia, the details found in his homilies give us some insight into which sins were most notorious in the lands of Asia Minor and which, therefore, needed to be addressed.



Letters of Saint Antony the Great

Author : Derwas Chitty

Publisher : SLG Press

Page : 58 pages

File Size : 35,99 MB

Release : 2021-09-08

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0728303116

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Fairacres Publications 50 These seven letters were addressed by St Antony (251-356 AD) to his disciples. This hermit of the Egyptian desert draws our attention to those things which are essential in the spiritual life. Among the main themes are the witness of the Holy Spirit in the conscience of each person, the need for self-knowledge, the call to follow Christ, the unity of the Church, and our mutual co-inherence as members of the Body of Christ.



Called to be Priests

Author : Hugh Wybrew

Publisher : SLG Press

Page : 58 pages

File Size : 28,8 MB

Release : 2024-03-30

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0728303698

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Fairacres Publications 110 This book speaks of ministry in all its ordained forms as priestly because it makes the fundamental point that the Church is essentially the priestly body of Jesus Christ, our great High Priest. Priestly ministry is more about who you are than what you do. The primary vocation of a priest is to grow in holiness; that is, to try to become more and more Christ-like. This book contains much to guide, enlighten and nourish not only priests and people thinking of ordination, but all Christians, because the Christian life can properly be described as a priestly life. In a short space Fr Hugh covers much ground and goes deep. There are no wasted words and no trace of superficiality.



The Voice Inside Our Home

Author : Edward Clarke

Publisher : SLG Press

Page : 64 pages

File Size : 28,13 MB

Release : 2022-02-23

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 0728303299

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SLG Press Contemplative Poetry 4 This selection of poetry draws on the author’s developing relationship with the Psalms over a number of years, and on the inspiration of the birth and early years of his two sons, culminating in a set of eulogies or sonnets in prayer. The whole is a personal journey through faith and Scripture, from the hope of birth and new life to the death of loved ones, with vividly-described stopping places on the way.



Prayer and the Struggle Against Evil

Author : Alexander Ryrie

Publisher : SLG Press

Page : 100 pages

File Size : 11,21 MB

Release : 2021-08-09

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0728303132

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Fairacres Publications 190 None of us need reminding that terrible situations exist and horrific events happen in the world around us. We need only to open our newspapers or turn on our televisions to hear of war and violence, or situations of injustice and oppression, or acts of crime or terrorism. When we are confronted by such things, the word ‘evil’ comes readily to our lips. We sense that events and situations of this kind are not just unfortunate and regrettable: they have a different character which we can only describe as evil. Such evil deeds and situations have been a part of human life throughout history, and we seem to be unable to do anything about them. We can, and indeed should act, however, and we can pray. This book asks us to confront the reality of evil in the world and use our ability to change the world around us with the power of prayer.



Dante’s Spiritual Journey

Author : Tony Dickinson

Publisher : SLG Press

Page : 42 pages

File Size : 10,52 MB

Release : 2021-11-17

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0728303213

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Fairacres Publication 191 This book is the fruit of nearly six decades of engagement with the Divine Comedy, a poem that has captured and held the imagination of Christians for seven hundred years. The author describes how Dante’s journey through the three realms, Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso maps onto the inner spiritual journey of all Christians. The dark wood in which the poem begins sums up Dante’s own mid-life crisis—moral, political and financial—and the beginning of a sometimes humiliating journey to self-knowledge. The questions that Dante addresses, attempting to explain the consequences of the death and resurrection of Jesus, are questions that still concern us today. This book accompanies us on our quest to a greater understanding of the relationship between Christian faith and human life.



Anselm of Canterbury – A Monastic Scholar

Author : Sister Benedicta Ward SLG

Publisher : SLG Press

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 24,79 MB

Release : 2024-05-20

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0728304082

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Fairacres Publications 62 Saint Anselm (1033–1109) was abbot of the Norman monastery of Bec, and later Archbishop of Canterbury under William Rufus and Henry I. In this short study of one of the most original thinkers of the earlier Middle Ages, Sister Benedicta discusses the relationship between Anselm’s scholarship and his life as a monk, showing how the one grew naturally out of the other. Anselm’s understanding of the inter-connections of reason and faith, thought and prayer, which can be traced throughout his writings, both theological and devotional, remains significant for Christian scholarship in any age. At the same time he was one of the most attractive, loving and compassionate of men. Simplicity, humanity and gentleness are joined in Anselm to the clear and sane mind of a great scholar.



Bringing Forth Christ

Author : Saint Bonaventure

Publisher : SLG Press

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 46,16 MB

Release : 2024-03-21

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0728303809

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Fairacres Publications 90 The short though profoundly mystical work, The Five Feasts of the Child Jesus, which is presented here in a new translation, came from the pen of St Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, and one of the most renowned followers of St Francis of Assisi. We are given five meditations on scenes in the life of Christ. Contrary to what one might expect from the title, however, the theme of these meditations is spiritual motherhood, namely the doctrine concerning the mystical birth of God’s Word in the soul and the vocation of every Christian to become a mother of Christ. Men and women alike are invited to fashion their spiritual lives on Mary, the Mother of the Lord and the image of the Church, and to develop the maternal element in their nature. St Bonaventure brought the skills of a poet and a theologian to his task; his work belongs to the rich heritage of Franciscan spirituality, it is also a minor classic of the spiritual tradition of western Christianity and has a message pertinent to our times.



River of the Spirit: The Spirituality of Simon Barrington-Ward

Author : Andy Lord

Publisher : SLG Press

Page : 54 pages

File Size : 10,98 MB

Release : 2021-05-26

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0728303124

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Fairacres Publications 189 In this study of the spirituality of one of the Anglican Church’s great spiritual leaders the author considers the ways in which spirituality can represent our patterns of life with God that merge experience, prayer, community, theology and mission. Each chapter focuses on aspects of the great Easter and liturgical themes of life, death, resurrection and outpoured Holy Spirit. The image of the river of the Spirit provides a practical way into living with Christ, shaped by His passion, for the transformation of the world. It is a way that draws together different traditions in a world embracing spirituality embodied in, and beyond, the Jesus Prayer.



Sayings of the Urban Fathers & Mothers

Author : James Ashdown CJN

Publisher : SLG Press

Page : 88 pages

File Size : 29,52 MB

Release : 2023-02-13

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0728303442

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Fairacres Publications 198 I wrote these stories when I was living in Hackney, East London. Life was quite hard. My health was poor, I was re-evaluating my career and I was beginning to recognize that I needed to leave London which had been my home for twenty years. It was a place I had grown to love: its estates, its religions, its shabby backstreets, its people from all over the world. Then I discovered the ‘old men’, the Egyptian Desert Fathers and Mothers of the fourth and fifth centuries. They entranced me. So every day before starting work I would translate one of their sayings into the context I knew: the urban wilderness that is Babylondon (a Rastafarian term for London). Reading these reworkings again after ten years I found they made me cry and realized they were a love letter to the London I knew, and a hymn of gratitude to the ‘old men’ who saved my life.



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