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Patristics Books
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On the Incarnation (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.36 — 15,419 ratings — published 318
Confessions (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.00 — 74,215 ratings — published 400
City of God (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as patristics)
avg rating 3.95 — 13,763 ratings — published 426
St. Irenaeus of Lyons: On the Apostolic Preaching | Early Christian Theology Book for Biblical Studies | Second Century Church Father Writings | ... Faith and Scripture (Popular Patristics)
by (shelved 49 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,659 ratings — published 1997
On the Holy Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,234 ratings — published 375
On Christian Doctrine (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,990 ratings — published 397
The Book of Pastoral Rule (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.16 — 780 ratings — published 600
The Life of Moses (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,259 ratings — published 390
On God and Christ, The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius: St. Gregory of Nazianzus (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,044 ratings — published 379
On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ: Selected Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.45 — 678 ratings — published 2003
On the Unity of Christ (Popular Patristics)
by (shelved 35 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.34 — 700 ratings — published 429
The Trinity (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,307 ratings — published 416
St John Chrysostom – On Marriage and Family Life | Bilingual Edition in English and Ancient Greek | Christian Marriage and Parenting Book with Early ... Orthodox Spiritual Guide (Popular Patristics)
by (shelved 30 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.48 — 982 ratings — published 1986
On the Divine Images: 3 Apologies Against Those Who Attack the Divine Images (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.27 — 627 ratings — published 1980
On Social Justice: St. Basil the Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.52 — 636 ratings — published 2009
On The Human Condition: St. Basil the Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.44 — 314 ratings — published 2005
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian Studies, #59)
by (shelved 27 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,505 ratings — published 1975
Six Books on the Priesthood (Popular Patristics)
by (shelved 26 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.24 — 499 ratings — published 1907
The Didache (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,234 ratings — published 70
Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,331 ratings — published 1968
On Wealth and Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.48 — 475 ratings — published 1984
On First Principles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.22 — 399 ratings — published 215
The Life Of St. Anthony (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,619 ratings — published 357
An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.44 — 379 ratings — published 700
On the Soul and the Resurrection (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.15 — 451 ratings — published 379
The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,832 ratings — published 324
The Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus Against the Heresies (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.26 — 465 ratings — published 177
On Pascha: With the Fragments of Melito and Other Material Related to the Quartodecimans (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press "Popular Patristics" Series)
by (shelved 19 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.25 — 225 ratings — published 170
St. Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns On Paradise (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.50 — 296 ratings — published
The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.34 — 938 ratings — published
The Complete Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.27 — 857 ratings — published 530
On the Church: Select Treatises (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as patristics)
avg rating 3.92 — 71 ratings — published 2006
St. Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.37 — 539 ratings — published 107
Festal Orations (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.51 — 85 ratings — published 2008
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol 1 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.34 — 209 ratings — published 1885
Works on the Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.24 — 129 ratings — published 2011
Athanasius: The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.18 — 632 ratings — published 357
Augustine of Hippo: A Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,276 ratings — published 1967
On the Apostolic Tradition (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press "Popular Patristics" Series)
by (shelved 15 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.15 — 123 ratings — published 300
On Fasting and Feasts (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.25 — 88 ratings — published 2013
The Fathers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.38 — 567 ratings — published 2008
On Christine Doctrine and Practice (Popular Patristics, 47)
by (shelved 14 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.42 — 45 ratings — published 2012
Dialogue with Trypho (Selections from the Fathers of the Church)
by (shelved 14 times as patristics)
avg rating 3.93 — 284 ratings — published
John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,034 ratings — published 600
The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,091 ratings — published 2003
On the Holy Icons (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.33 — 113 ratings — published 1981
The Augustine Catechism: The Enchiridon on Faith, Hope, and Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.10 — 785 ratings — published 420
Catechetical Discourse: A Handbook for Catechists (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.26 — 139 ratings — published
The First and Second Apologies (Ancient Christian Writers)
by (shelved 13 times as patristics)
avg rating 4.13 — 624 ratings — published 150
The Rule of Saint Benedict (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as patristics)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,369 ratings — published 530
“Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men...For cannot he that falls rise again?”
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“The Kingdom of God is not a Talmud, nor is it a mechanical collection of scriptural or patristic quotations outside our being and our lives. The Kingdom of God is within us, like a dynamic leaven which fundamentally changes man's whole life, his spirit and his body. What is required in patristic study, in order to remain faithful to the Fathers' spirit of freedom and worthy of their spiritual nobility and freshness, is to approach their holy texts with the fear in which we approach and venerate their holy relics and holy icons. This liturgical reverence will soon reveal to us that here is another inexpressible grace. The whole atmosphere is different. There are certain vital passages in the patristic texts which, we feel, demand of us, and work within us, an unaccustomed change.
These we must make part of our being and our lives, as truths and as standpoints, to leaven the whole. And at the same time we must put our whole self into studying the Fathers, waiting and marking time. This marriage, this baptism into patristic study brings what we need, which is not an additional load of patristic references and the memorizing of other people's opinions, but the acquisition of a new clear-sighted sense which enables man to see things differently and rightly. If we limit ourselves to learning passages by heart and classifying them mechanically — and teach men likewise — then we fall into a basic error which simply makes us fail to teach and make known the patristic way of life and philosophy.”
― Hymn of Entry: Liturgy and Life in the Orthodox Church
These we must make part of our being and our lives, as truths and as standpoints, to leaven the whole. And at the same time we must put our whole self into studying the Fathers, waiting and marking time. This marriage, this baptism into patristic study brings what we need, which is not an additional load of patristic references and the memorizing of other people's opinions, but the acquisition of a new clear-sighted sense which enables man to see things differently and rightly. If we limit ourselves to learning passages by heart and classifying them mechanically — and teach men likewise — then we fall into a basic error which simply makes us fail to teach and make known the patristic way of life and philosophy.”
― Hymn of Entry: Liturgy and Life in the Orthodox Church
