The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church 2 Volume Set: The First Part Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of Aelfric in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version

by Ælfric Abbot of Eynsham

Overview

The writings of Ælfric of Eynsham (c.950–c.1010) are among the most important to survive from Anglo-Saxon England. He was shaped by tenth-century monastic reform, and his promotion of Old English was highly influential. His earliest known works, the Sermones Catholici (c.990–5), are adaptations of Latin texts rendered in Old English. The homilies draw on the gospels, saints' lives and other doctrinal themes. They were intended to be delivered over two years. This two-volume collection, first published between 1844 and 1846, contains transcriptions of the Old English texts with facing-page translations by Benjamin Thorpe (1781/2–1870). A well-respected scholar with a strong interest in promoting the study of Old English, Thorpe produced an important edition of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the Rolls Series (also reissued in this series). The volumes of the present work contain sermons that illuminate important calendrical events as well as doctrine and church history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108061124
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/22/2013
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	1272
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 3.00(d)

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Preface; 1. On the beginning of creation; 2. On the nativity of Our Lord; 3. The passion of the Blessed Stephen protomartyr; 4. The assumption of St John the Apostle; 5. The nativity of the Innocents; 6. The octaves and circumcision of Our Lord; 7. The epiphany of Our Lord; 8. The third Sunday after the Lord's epiphany; 9. On the purification of St Mary; 10. Shrove Tuesday; 11. The first Sunday in Lent; 12. Midlent Sunday; 13. The annunciation of St Mary; 14. For Palm Sunday; 15. Easter Sunday; 16. The first Sunday after Easter; 17. The second Sunday after Easter; 18. On the greater litany; 19. On the Lord's prayer; 20. Of the Catholic faith; 21. On the Lord's ascension; 22. On the holy day of Pentecost; 23. The second Sunday after Pentecost; 24. The fourth Sunday after Pentecost; 25. The nativity of St John the Baptist; 26. The passion of the apostles Peter and Paul; 27. The nativity of St Paul the apostle; 28. The eleventh Sunday after Pentecost; 29. The passion of the blessed martyr Lawrence; 30. On the assumption of the blessed Mary; 31. The passion of St Bartholomew the apostle; 32. The decollation of St John the Baptist; 33. The seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost; 34. Dedication of the church of St Michael the Archangel; 35. The twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost; 36. The nativity of All Saints; 37. The nativity of St Clement the martyr; 38. The nativity of St Andrew the apostle; 39. The first Sunday in the Lord's advent; 40. The second Sunday in the Lord's advent; Notes. Volume 2: Preface; 1. The nativity of the Lord; 2. The nativity of St Stephen protomartyr; 3. Sermon on the Lord's epiphany; 4. The second Sunday after the Lord's epiphany; 5. Septuagesima Sunday; 6. Sexagesima Sunday; 7. The first Sunday in Lent; 8. The second Sunday in Lent; 9. St Gregory the Great; 10. The deposition of St Cuthberht; 11. St Benedict, abbot; 12. Midlent Sunday; 13. The fifth Sunday in Lent; 14. Palm Sunday; 15. A sermon on the sacrifice on Easter-day; 16. Another sermon on Easter-day; 17. Wednesday in Easter week; 18. The apostles Philip and James; 19. The invention of the holy cross; 20. The saints Alexander, Eventius and Theodulus; 21. Monday; 22. On the greater litany; 23. Another vision; 24. A hortatory sermon on the efficacy of holy mass; 25. On the greater litany; 26. The third Sunday after Pentecost; 27. Another narrative on the text of the gospel; 28. On the festival of St Peter the apostle; 29. The fifth Sunday after Pentecost; 30. The ninth Sunday after Pentecost; 31. The nativity of St James the apostle; 32. The seven holy sleepers; 33. The twelfth Sunday after Pentecost; 34. The assumption of the holy virgin Mary; 35. The first Sunday in September; 36. The sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost; 37. The nativity of St Matthew; 38. The passion of the holy apostles Simon and Jude; 39. The deposition of St Martin; 40. On the nativity of one apostle; 41. On the nativity of several apostles; 42. On the nativity of holy martyrs; 43. On the nativity of one confessor; 44. On the nativity of holy virgins; 45. On the dedication of a church.