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How to Read the Church Fathers - Softcover

Hamman, Adalbert

 
9780334020905: How to Read the Church Fathers

Synopsis

This latest addition to the How to Read series provides a basic introduction to the faith. life and thought of the great theological pioneers from the first centuries of the church: Ignatius of Antioch, Irenaeus of Lyons, Origen , Gregory of Nyssa, Hilary of Poitiers, Augustine of Hippo and many others. Like its companion volumes it contains texts, maps, chronological charts and illustrations, and is a highly attractive introduction to an important and often neglected subject. Adalbert Hamman is a Franciscan, a patristic specialist who teaches in Rome and has pioneered in setting up groups all over France to study the church fathers.

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