St. Athanasius

by Burghardt, Walter J.; Lawler, Thomas Comerford

• ISBN13: 9780809102501
• ISBN10: 0809102501
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1950-01-01
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

A monumental project which brings the English-speaking work key selections from the remarkable literature of early Christianity -- vertiable trasures of Christian faith and theology in superb translations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(14)
TEXT	17	(82)
Prologue	17	(1)
Birth and Youth of Antony	18	(1)
Antony's Call and His First Steps in Asceticism	19	(3)
Early Conflicts with Demons	22	(4)
Antony's Life in the Tombs. Further Struggles with Demons	26	(3)
He Crosses the Nile. Life in the Desert Solitude of Pispir	29	(3)
He Leaves his Solitude. The Father and Teacher of Monks	32	(1)
Antony's Address to the Monks (16-43)	33	(24)
Monastic Virtue	57	(2)
The Candidate for Martyrdom Under Maximin Daja (311)	59	(1)
The Daily Martyr of the Monastic Life	60	(1)
Flight to the Inner Mountain	61	(2)
Demons Again	63	(2)
Antony Visits the Brethren Along the Nile	65	(1)
The Brethren Visit Antony	66	(2)
Miracles in the Desert	68	(6)
Visions	74	(2)
Antony's Devotion to the Church's Ministers	76	(1)
His Loyalty to the Faith	77	(3)
Wisdom to the Wise	80	(6)
The Emperor Constantine Writes to Him	86	(1)
He Foretells the Ravages of the Arian Heretics	87	(2)
God's Wonder-Worker and Physician of Souls	89	(4)
Death	93	(5)
Epilogue	98	(1)
NOTES	99	(38)
To The Introduction	101	(5)
To The Text	106	(31)
Index	137