false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178332694m/786001.jpg 786001 2 Athanasius: The Life of Antony and The Letter to Marcellinus Translation and introduction by Robert c. Gregg Preface by William A. Clebsch <P>"And it seems to me that these words become like a mirror to the persons singing them, so that he might perceive himself and the emotions of his soul, and thus affected, he might recite them. For in fact he who hears the one reading receives the song that is recited as being about him, and either, when he is convicted by his conscience, being pierced, he will repent, or hearing of the hope that resides in God, and of the succor available to believers-how this kind of grace exists for him-he exults and begins to give thanks to God." Athanasius (c. 295-373) <P>Athanasius was a major figure of 14th-century Christendom. As the Bishop of Alexandria, spiritual master and theologian, he led the Church in its battle against the Arian heresy. Athanasius' The Life of Antony is one of the foremost classics of Christian asceticism. It tells the spiritual story of St. Antony, the founder of Christian monasticism. Written at the request of the desert monks of Egypt to provide "an ideal pattern of the ascetical life," it immediately became astonishingly popular. This work contributed greatly to the establishment of monastic life in Western Christianity. From a literary perspective, it created a new Christian genre for the lives of saints. <P>The Letter to Marcellinus is an introduction to the spiritual sense of the Psalms. The Psalms are presented as a variety of attitudes which coexist in a truly harmonious and whole sense of prayer. <P>William A. Clebsch of Stanford University, President of the American Academy of Religion, in his Preface to this volume, says, "This translator's fidelity to the texts ensures that the reader receives in these works Athanasius' meaning, so far as feasible in the order of his thoughts and in the equivalence of his words." 771999 1 1 1979 Athanasius : The Life of Antony and the Letter To Marcellinus total:36|5:10|4:16|3:5|2:3|1:2| 36 137 51 6 5 0 false false Thu Dec 03 20:03:22 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 20:16:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 19 04:42:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 04:42:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 24 17:34:50 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 17:36:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Mar 25 13:24:35 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 13:26:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 06:45:46 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 22 06:29:14 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 22 20:17:36 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 20:18:13 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 12:49:08 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 12:30:44 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 12:30:44 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 12:06:12 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:06:12 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 06:49:50 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 30 21:03:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 02:03:16 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 02:03:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 26 06:08:16 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 06:08:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 07:14:07 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 07:14:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 28 20:22:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 20:22:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 28 20:20:40 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 20:20:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 07 09:02:08 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 07:51:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 18:00:06 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 18:00:06 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon May 25 08:39:22 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 08:39:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 17 10:33:39 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 10:33:39 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun May 10 19:46:24 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 19:46:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 08 10:01:54 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 10:01:54 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=786001