Fifty Spiritual Homilies of Saint Macarius the Egyptian

by Macarius of Egypt

— A Classic — Includes Active Table of Contents — Includes Religious Illustrations

The name of Macarius (= “Blessed”) was a common one among the Christians of the fourth and following centuries, especially in Egypt. Two men of the name stand out as twin giants of the ascetic life of that age and country. They are distinguished from each other as Macarius the Egyptian and Macarius the Alexandrian. An “Egyptian” means one who belonged to the ancient race of Egypt1—a “Copt”; an Alexandrian means one who belonged to the Greek colony planted in that city. The two were friends and nearly contemporaries, though the Alexandrian was somewhat the younger. The Egyptian Macarius was born about the year 300.

Aeterna Press

Genres: Christian, Theology, Christianity

264 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 390

About the author

Macarius of Egypt (Greek: Ὅσιος Μακάριος ο Ἀιγύπτιος; Coptic: ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ; 300–391) was a Coptic Christian monk and hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder , Macarius the Great and The Lamp of the Desert.

Reviews

[Michael Mansour · Rating 5 out of 5]

من أروع الكتب الروحية النسكية التي قرأتها في حياتي. عظات القديس مقاريوس الكبير مليئة بتعاليم غنية عن الولادة الثانية والخليقة الجديدة وسكنى الروح القدس وحياة القداسة وشركة الطبيعة الإلهية، وتعاليم أخري كثيرة. ينصح بقراءته بشدة لكل إنسان مسيحي

[Joshua Pearsall · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful & powerful collection of homilies. A powerful series of lessons on Christian victory over sin, Sanctification & holiness that God brings about within us, the shedding of the old wicked life as slavery under Satan to freedom in Christ. A beautiful & edifying series of text.

[Pola]

الكتاب جميل،

[w gall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent Patristic exhortations. He understands spiritual warfare from experience in an in-depth way. As with all of the Church Fathers, he's not infallible, and there were a few things which I question (no medical doctors for Christians, especially), but this an edifying and completely understandable devotional read; most of the homilies are not long.

[Bola Aziz · Rating 5 out of 5]

لم أقرأ اجمل من هذا الكتاب الروحي العميق
الانسان في فكر انبا مكاريوس الكبير عبارة عن مملكة تتنازع عليها قوتان ... اما يتسلم الله مقاليدها و يتوطن علي عرش النفس البشرية وتبدأ النعمة سكناها في الانسان ...
اما يسلم الانسان نفسه للهلاك و الشر و تفارقه نعمة الله

[Gheorghe Galmadi · Rating 3 out of 5]

The homilies contain many deep thoughts and one can see the wisdom of this man. Mostly, the writings are based on the World of God, but there are also many teachings that are not according to the World, but according to convictions of those times.