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God of mercy : Ælfric's sermons and theology / translated and introduced by Carmen Acevedo Butcher.

Title
God of mercy : Ælfric's sermons and theology / translated and introduced by Carmen Acevedo Butcher.
Author
Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
Publication
Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors
Butcher, Carmen Acevedo.
Description
vii, 163 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Seventeen classic Old English sermons by the 10th century Benedictine monk, Ælfric, translated for the first time in modern English, who lived during the period of Viking terrorism and became the abbot of the Benedictine community in Eysham, near Oxford.
Uniform Title
Sermons. Selections. English
Alternative Title
Sermons.
Subject
  • Catholic Church > Sermons
  • Sermons, English (Old)
  • Sermons, Medieval > England
Genre/Form
Sermons
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-163).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Sermons -- For the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas). -- John 1.1-14. -- For the Sixth Day [Friday] in the First Week of Lent. -- John 5.1-15. -- For the Sixth Day [Friday] in the Second Week of Lent. -- Matthew 21.33-46. -- For the Third Sunday in Lent. -- Luke 11.14-28; Matthew 12.22-30. -- For the Sixth Day [Friday] in the Third Week of Lent. -- John 4.5-42. -- For the Sixth Day [Friday] in the Fourth Week of Lent. -- John 11.1-45. -- For the Fourth Sunday after Easter. -- John 16.5-14. -- For the Fifth Sunday after Easter. -- John 16.23-30. -- For the Sunday after the Ascension of the Lord. -- John 15.26-16.4. -- For Pentecost Sunday. -- John 14.23-31. -- Sermon to the People, Delivered on the Octave of Pentecost. -- For the First Sunday after Pentecost. -- John 3.1-15. -- For the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. -- Luke 6.36-42. -- For the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. -- Luke 5.1-11. -- For the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. -- Matthew 5.20-24. -- For the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. -- Luke 16.1-9. -- For the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. -- Mark 7.31-37. -- Selected Bibliography -- Works Used for the Translations in This Volume xxx Editions of Works by ®lfric -- Reference Sources -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Indexes.
ISBN
  • 086554994X (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780865549944
LCCN
^^2006001489
OCLC
63178791
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library