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COMING FALL 2019 The Popular Patristics Series (PPS) published by St Vladimir’s Seminary Press provides readable and accurate translations from a wide range of to a broad audience. Recognized scholars provide clear, comprehensive introductions to the material. The texts include classic Christian literature, thematic volumes, collection of homilies, letters of spiritual counsel, and poetic works from a variety of geographical contexts and historical backgrounds. The mission of the series is The Popular Patristics Series to mine the riches of the early and to make these treasures is edited by the Very available and affordable to all. Rev. Dr John Behr.

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Catechetical Discourse On the Ecclesiastical CATECHETICAL work carefully details the duties and obliga- (Greek & English) Mystagogy (Greek & English) tions of the clergy concerning the spiritual ST ST PPS 1 formation of their flock. IGNATIUS GREEN, TRANS. JONATHON ARMSTRONG, TRANS. Paperback • 978–0–88141–318–2 Written as a handbook for his catechists, St Maximus beautifully expounds the On the Priesthood 5 x 7 • 212 pp. ST £10.99 St Gregory articulates the foundations meaning of the Divine Liturgy, and GRAHAM NEVILLE, TRANS. of the faith: the , creation, the fall profoundly influenced later fathers like St PPS 57 and the nature of evil, the saving work of Germanus (pps 8). Maximus’ vision of the None of the Fathers of the early church Christ, and the of baptism and liturgy reflects the interpenetrating rela- is better known or loved than St John Lectures on the the . Drawing upon the previous tionships of all things with each other and Chrysostom, and none of his works is more tradition—especially , St Methodius, with Christ: the church building, the hu- popular than On the Priesthood. Christian Sacraments and St Athanasius—the Discourse went on man being, and the cosmos all symbolically Paperback • 978–0–913836–38–5 (Greek & English) to influence the later fathers. This work is reflect each other. As St Maximus puts it, 5 x 7 • 160 pp. ST also known for its ambiguous relationship “Let us not be absent from the holy Church £12.99 MAXWELL E. JOHNSON, TRANS. to Origen’s , perhaps including of God because she contains great mysteries These lectures were delivered in Jerusalem the idea that the devil himself will be saved. PPS 34 of our salvation according to the divine in the fourth century, a time of rapid tran- The translator’s introduction addresses this symbols performed there. She reveals the sition for the Church. Catechetical instruc- question, and provides a clear understand- gift of adoption that perfects each one into The Book of Pastoral Rule tion was needed, and it was provided by ing of the work in general. ST GREGORY THE GREAT the image of Christ.” gifted preachers and teachers like St Cyril. GEORGE E. DEMACOPOULOS, TRANS. Paperback • 978–0–88141–648–0 Paperback • 978–0–88141–347–3 Paperback • 978–0–88141–564–3 5 x 7 • 272 pp. 5 x 7 • 160 pp. Recognized as the most thorough pastoral 5 x 7 • 138 pp. £16.99 £16.99 treatise of the patristic era, this sixth-century £12.99

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PPS 23 On the Incarnation (English) PPS 32 The Letters Introduction by C.S. Lewis (Greek & English) On God and Christ ST ATHANASIUS THE GREAT On the Church IGNATIUS OF The Five Theological Orations and JOHN BEHR, TRANS. Select Treatises ALISTAIR STEWART, TRANS. Paperback • 978–0–88141–312–0 This classic work from the fourth century Two Letters to Cledonius 5 x 7 • 186 pp. Fr Stewart presents a fresh version of both ST expounds with simplicity the theological £10.99 the famed letters of second-century martyr FREDERICK WILLIAMS & LIONEL vision defended at the councils of Nicaea Ignatius and his imitator. WICKHAM, TRANS. and , and has become one PPS 33 Paperback • 978–0–88141–464–6 This English translation aims to capture of the few “must read” books about the 5 x 7 • 260 pp. for the present-day reader something of Christian faith. On the Church £14.99 the atmosphere of intellectual excitement Paperback • 978–0–88141–427–1 Select Letters and spiritual exhilaration experienced by St 5 x 7 • 110 pp. Paperback • 978–0–88141–313–7 ETHICS & Gregory’s first listeners as he expounded on £12.99 5 x 7 • 248 pp. the doctrine of God in Trinity. £10.99 SOCIAL JUSTICE PPS 44A Paperback • 978–0–88141–240–6 5 x 7 • 175 pp. On the Incarnation PPS 51 £11.99 (Greek & English) On PPS 25 978–0–88141–409–7 • 5 x 7 • 173 pp. £15.99 (Greek & English) On the Cosmic Mystery ST BASIL THE GREAT PPS 13 N. VAN SICKLE, TRANS. of Jesus Christ ST MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR On the Unity of Christ Here, St Basil lays out a consistent theolog- PAUL M. BLOWERS & ROBERT LOUIS ST CYRIL OF ical ethic, rooted in a nuanced appreciation for the supremacy of Scripture. The texts WILKEN, TRANS. JOHN A. MCGUCKIN, TRANS. are presented with the Greek on the facing This volume provides translations of many St Cyril is, arguably, the most important page. of St Maximus’ works, including one of his patristic theologian ever to deal with the is- Paperback • 978–0–88141–493–6 Christological opuscula for the first time in sues of Christology. The text here translated English. 5 x 7 • 338 pp. is one of his most important and approach- £14.99 Paperback • 978–0–88141–249–9 able writings. 5 x 7 • 188 pp. Paperback • 978–0–88141–133–1 £12.99 5 x 7 • 151 pp. £12.99

ORDER THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP ORDER THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP 4 5 ETHICS & HYMNS & PPS 39 PPS 46 SOCIAL JUSTICE THEOLOGICAL Harp of Glory Poems on Scripture Enzira Sebhat: An Alphabetical (Greek & English) PPS 38 POETRY Hymn of Praise for the Ever-Blessed ST GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS On Social Justice PPS 40 Virgin Mary from the Ethiopian BRIAN DUNKLE, S.J., TRANS. ST BASIL THE GREAT Divine Eros Orthodox Church This volume translates selections from C. PAUL SHROEDER, TRANS. JOHN A. MCGUCKIN, TRANS. Gregory’s biblical verse, much of which is Hymns of Symeon the appearing in English for the first time. The St Basil’s homilies on the subject of wealth The Harp of Glory is a major hymn sound- New Theologian heart of the collection is a group of poems and poverty, although delivered in the ing the praises of the , from the K. GRIGGS, TRANS. that distill the central teachings of the four fourth century, remain utterly fresh and heart of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Gospels. contemporary. The inspiring and timeless hymns of this its Golden Age. tenth-century Greek monk challenge the Paperback • 978–0–88141–433–2 Paperback • 978–0–88141–053–2 reader to internalize Christian values, even Paperback • 978–0–88141–054–9 5 x 7 • 159 pp. 5 x 7 • 111 pp. 5 x 7 • 159 pp. to embrace the Christ event as an individu- £12.00 £11.99 £12.99 al experience. PPS 45 PPS 9 Paperback • 978–0–88141–349–6 PPS 21 5 x 7 • 419 pp. On Wealth and Poverty £19.99 On God and Man Treasure-house of Mysteries ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM The Theological Poetry of Exploration of the Sacred Text CATHARINE P. ROTH, TRANS. PPS 10 St Gregory of Nazianzus Through Poetry in the Syriac This great orator addresses the questions Hymns on Paradise PETER GILBERT, TRANS. Tradition of wealth and poverty in the lives of people ST EPHREM THE SYRIAN SEBASTIAN BROCK, TRANS. of his day. And yet, as the modern reader While St Gregory of Nazianzus’ poetry SEBASTIAN BROCK, TRANS. has recently begun to appear in English Why was Cain’s sacrifice rejected, but Abel’s is confronted with his words, it becomes accepted? How did react when he In his cycle of fifteen hymns, St Ephrem translations, this is the first book to provide apparent that he, too, is being addressed. came home and found Mary with child? weaves a profound theological synthesis an affordable translation of his major Paperback • 978–0–88141–039–6 Questions such as these served as the around the Biblical narrative in Genesis 2 doctrinal poems. 5 x 7 • 140 pp. starting points in these lively and highly and 3, expressing his awareness of the sacra- Paperback • 978–0–88141–220–8 £10.99 imaginative poems. mental character of the created world. 5 x 7 • 175 pp. £12.99 Paperback • 978–0–88141–421–9 Paperback • 978–0–88141–076–1 5 x 7 • 306 pp. 5 x 7 • 240 pp. £14.00 £13.00

ORDER THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP ORDER THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP 6 7 LITURGY PPS 6 PPS 58 PPS 24 & WORSHIP On the Holy Icons The Testament of the Lord Three Treatises on the ST THEODORE THE STUDITE Worship & Discipline in PPS 36 Divine Images CATHARINE P. ROTH, TRANS. the Early Church ST In our own day, when the material world so ALISTAIR STEWART, TRANS. ANDREW LOUTH, TRANS. Festal Orations often is regarded as mere matter, incapable ST GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS One of several ancient “Church Order” Is all Christian art fundamentally blasphe- of being transfigured in Christ, St Theo- NONNA VERNA HARRISON, TRANS. texts written in the first four centuries of mous? The resounding answer “No” from dore’s writings against iconoclasm remain the Church, they direct Christian conduct John of Damascus to the Christian icono- In the Eastern churches, St Gregory’s many remarkably pertinent. and morality, ecclesiastical organization clasts of the eighth century helped to secure festal orations were hailed and eventually Paperback • 978–0–913836–76–7 and discipline, and liturgical practice. the future of art in the service of Christ. appointed for reading in church on specific 5 x 7 • 115 pp. feast days, or as commentary on the Gospel Paperback • 978–0–88141–611–4 Paperback • 978–0–88141–245–1 £10.99 5 x 7 • 170 pp. lesson for the day. 5 x 7 • 163 pp. £18.99 £11.99 Paperback • 978–0–88141–325–0 PPS 48 5 x 7 • 194 pp. PPS 54 £12.99 Light on the Mountain MARY & Greek Patristic & Byzantine On the Apostolic Tradition THE PPS 8 Homilies on the Transfiguration (Second Edition) of the Lord HIPPOLYTUS PPS 18 On the Divine Liturgy ALISTAIR STEWART. TRANS. BRIAN E. DALEY, S.J., TRANS. (Greek & English) This work is attributed to Hippolytus, a On the Dormition of Mary This volume brings together a comprehen- ST GERMANUS OF Christian leader from third-century . sive collection of homilies on the Transfig- Early Patristic Homilies CONSTANTINOPLE The text provides liturgical information BRIAN E. DALEY, S.J., TRANS. uration of Christ from the Greek Patristic PAUL MEYENDORFF, TRANS. of great antiquity, and has been massively and Medieval Church, from Origen in the This volume brings together early attempts influential in liturgical study and reform. This eighth-century commentary exercised third century to St Gregory Palamas in the by Greek theologians to interpret the Virgin tremendous influence on the Byzantine fourteenth. Paperback • 978–0–88141–520–9 Mary’s dormition, or “falling asleep” in the Christian world, serving as the quasi- 5 x 7 • 278 pp. Lord. Most of these works have never been Paperback • 978–0–88141–467–7 £14.99 official explanation of the Divine Liturgy 5 x 7 • 378 pp. translated into English before. up to the fourteenth century. £15.00 Paperback • 978–0–88141–177–5 Paperback • 978–0–88141–038–9 5 x 7 • 269 pp. 5 x 7 • 107 pp. £12.99 £10.99

ORDER THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP ORDER THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP 8 9 MARY & PPS 31 PPS 17 PPS 53 THE SAINTS The Cult of the Saints On the Apostolic Preaching Two Hundred Chapters ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM ST OF LYONS on PPS 19 WENDY MAYER, TRANS. JOHN BEHR, TRANS. (Greek & English) The cult of the saints is a phenomenon that In this study, St Irenaeus explains that there ST MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR On the Mother of God expanded rapidly in the fourth century, and is but one God, and this one God brings LUIS JOSHUA SALÉS, TRANS. JACOB OF SERUG St John Chrysostom’s homilies are import- his creatures made from mud into intimate MARY HANSBURY, TRANS. ant witnesses to its growth. communion with himself. Maximus discusses many diverse themes, Jacob of Serug was born at Curtem on the Paperback • 978–0–88141–302–1 Paperback • 978–0–88141–174–4 including God’s relation to the cosmos, Euphrates, ca. 451. Jacob, “flute of the Holy 5 x 7 • 280 pp. 5 x 7 • 121 pp. monastic discipline and life, and scriptural Spirit and harp of the faithful church,” has £12.99 £10.99 difficulties. a great love of the Mother of God. In this Paperback • 978–0–88141–518–6 volume, four homilies have been chosen SCRIPTURE PPS 29 5 x 7 • 185 pp. from the Syriac texts. £14.99 Paperback • 978–0–88141–184–3 & On the Lord's Prayer , AND ORIGEN 5 x 7 • 102 pp. SPIRITUAL LIFE £10.99 PPS 55 ALISTAIR STEWART-SYKES, TRANS. PPS 35 These are the only three existing PPS 37 On Pascha (Greek & English) ante-Nicene treatises on the Lord’s Prayer, Wider Than Heaven MELITO OF SARDIS and they became the starting point for Counsels on the Eighth-century Homilies on the ALISTAIR STEWART, TRANS. many other commentaries Spiritual Life Mother of God This newly revised collection features the Paperback • 978–0–88141–261–1 MARK THE MONK MARY B. CUNNINGHAM, TRANS. original Greek text and an updated trans- 5 x 7 • 214 pp. TIM VIVIAN & AUGUSTINE CASIDAY, lation of On Pascha by Melito of Sardis, a £12.99 TRANS. The twelve sermons translated in this liturgical work deriving from Quartodeci- volume are the work of preachers including The spiritual counsels of Mark, a fifth- man circles in Asia. John of Damascus, Germanos of Constan- century monk in Asia Minor, were deeply tinople, and Andrew of Crete. Paperback • 978–0–88141–554–4 valued by Byzantine ascetics, and were even 5 x 7 • 160 pp. circulated during the Reformation. Paperback • 978–0–88141–326–7 £12.99 5 x 7 • 267 pp. Paperback • 978–0–88141–063–1 £14.99 5 x 7 • 339 pp. £19.99

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PPS 47 Give Me a Word Letters to Saint Olympia On Fasting and Feasts The Alphabetical Sayings of the ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM ST BASIL THE GREAT C. FORD, TRANS. SUSAN R. HOLMAN & On Christian Doctrine Desert Fathers MARK DELCOGLIANO, TRANS. JOHN WORTLEY, TRANS. In these letters, St John Chrysostom guides, and Practice comforts, and instructs his spiritual daugh- St Basil addresses such issues as drunken- ST BASIL THE GREAT This book presents part of an ancient ter, St Olympia, to help her overcome her ness, hesitations over baptism, community MARK DELCOGLIANO, TRANS. codification of spiritual wisdom from the temptation to despondency and despair. benefits of fasting, how to be thankful when Christians who began living in the Egyptian St Basil’s famed rhetorical skills are on full facing loss and disaster, and the mystery of desert starting in the fourth century. Paperback • 978–0–88141–558–2 display in the eleven Moral Homilies trans- 5 x 7 • 172 pp. the Incarnation. Paperback • 978–0–88141–497–4 lated in this volume, seven of which appear £11.99 Paperback • 978–0–88141–480–6 5 x 7 • 323 pp. in English for the first time. 5 x 7 • 141 pp. £17.99 Paperback • 978–0–88141–458–5 PPS 11 £10.99 5 x 7 • 324 pp. PPS 26 £14.99 On Ascetical Life PPS 7 Letters from the Desert ST OF NINEVEH PPS 27 & JOHN MARY HANSBURY, TRANS. On Marriage JOHN CHRYSSAVGIS, TRANS. St ’s monastic anthropolo- and Family Life Four Desert Fathers gy has a major influence on all of Byzan- ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM These two monastic elders maintained , Evagrius, Macarius tine spiritual literature. This translation is CATHARINE P. ROTH & strict seclusion within their cells around based on the Syriac text edited by P. Bedjan DAVID ANDERSON, TRANS. of Egypt & Macarius of Gaza in the sixth century, and spoke to in Mar Isaacus Ninivita, De Perfectione Alexandria others only through letters. The questions Christian tradition often seems to give only Religiosa. TIM VIVIAN, TRANS. and answers evoke the image of the Chris- grudging approval to the married life, par- ticularly its sexual aspect. In these sermons This volume provides insight into life in the tian tradition being passed from elder to Paperback • 978–0–88141–077–8 5 x 7 • 116 pp. of St John Chrysostom we find an import- famous Egyptian monastic communities . £10.99 ant corrective to this view. of the fourth century, introducing their Paperback • 978–0–88141–254–3 thought and practice and offering access to 5 x 7 • 213 pp. Paperback • 978–0–913836–86–6 their world. £11.99 5 x 7 • 114 pp. £11.99 Paperback • 978–0–88141–256–7 5 x 7 • 202 pp. £11.99

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PPS 14 On the Mystical Life On the Human Condition 2 The Ethical Discourses, Volume III: ST BASIL THE GREAT On the Mystical Life Life, Times, and Theology NONNA VERNA HARRISON, TRANS. On the Holy Spirit The Ethical Discourses, Volume I: ST SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN St Basil the Great addresses the questions ST BASIL THE GREAT STEPHEN HILDEBRAND, TRANS. The Church and the Last Things ALEXANDER GOLITZIN, TRANS. posed by the human condition with charac- teristic clarity, balance, and sobriety. ST SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN This third volume seeks to place the A classic expression of the Church’s faith in ALEXANDER GOLITZIN, TRANS. teaching of the discourses in their prop- Paperback • 978–0–88141–294–9 the Spirit and a lasting testimony to Basil’s 5 x 7 • 126 pp. Christian erudition. Quoting St Gregory of St Symeon was perhaps the most re- er context, both among Symeon’s other £10.99 Nazianzus, Basil’s treatise was “written by a markable and certainly the most forceful writings and with regard to his sources in pen borrowed from the Spirit’s store.’’ advocate of the mystical experience of God the Tradition. PPS 12 in the history of the Byzantine Church. Paperback • 978–0–88141–144–7 Paperback • 978–0–88141–876–7 These treatises comprise his most extensive 5 x 7 • 220 pp. 5 x 7 • 126 pp. On the Soul and the £12.99 treatment of the experience of God. Vol- £12.99 ume I selects those treatises devoted to the Resurrection ST GREGORY OF NYSSA PPS 43 Church, the sacraments, and the last things. PPS 28 CATHARINE P. ROTH, TRANS. Paperback • 978–0–88141–142–3 Works on the Spirit 5 x 7 • 193 pp. St Macarius the Spiritbearer St Gregory’s dialogue addresses many thorny ATHANASIUS THE GREAT & £12.99 (not pictured) Coptic Texts Relating to Saint issues, including the nature of the soul and DIDYMUS THE BLIND the condition of the soul after death. Macarius the Great DELCOGLIANO, RADDE-GALLWITZ, PPS 15 TIM VIVIAN, TRANS. Paperback • 978–0–88141–120–1 & AYRES, TRANS. 5 x 7 • 130 pp. This volume offers two of the most power- These texts provide insight into one of the £11.99 On the Mystical Life most venerated saints of the Coptic Church ful Patristic reflections on the Holy Spirit The Ethical Discourses, Volume II: and into life in the Egyptian monastic com- PPS 41 amidst fierce debates in the fourth century. On Virtue & Christian Life munities of the fourth century. Didymus the Blind’s work appears in En- glish for the first time. ST SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN Paperback • 978–0–88141–257–4 On the Two Ways ALEXANDER GOLITZIN, TRANS. 5 x 7 • 216 pp. Foundational Texts in the Tradition Paperback • 978–0–88141–379–3 5 x 7 • 243 pp. In the second volume of this collection, St £11.99 ALISTAIR STEWART, TRANS. £15.99 Symeon addresses the traditional language Early Christians saw that life presents us with of Eastern Christian asceticism in the light a choice of following either good or evil. This of his message. book contains the various presentations of Paperback • 978–0–88141–143–0 these two ways across the centuries. 5 x 7 • 189 pp. Paperback • 978–0–88141–850–7 £12.99 5 x 7 • 159 pp. £12.99 14 ORDER THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP ORDER THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP 15 ST VLADIMIR’S SEMINARY PRESS 575 Scarsdale Road • Yonkers, New York 10707 P 800-204-book • svspress.com

ENTIRE SET Popular Patristics Series The series includes classics of Christian literature, thematic volumes, homily collections, letters, spiritual guidance, and poetical works from a wide variety of geographical con- texts and historical backgrounds. Patristic authors in- clude St Athanasius, St Gregory the Great, St Basil, St Gregory of Nazianzus, Tertullian, and many, many more! The set includes all 54 current titles in the Popular Patristics Series.