books about: confessors     books:       Confessor2 reviews Terry Goodkind Harper Voyager, 2007 The perfect conclusion While the biggest complaint about this book has been that it contains (gasp!) philosophy (followed closely by the fact that it contains not just a protagonist, but a hero, though the charge that Richard is "perfect" is blatantly false, as are most of the other criticisms), most of the critics seem to have missed most of it. It is not just "life good, religion bad," as they claim--although that ...             Cosmic Liturgy: The Universe According to Maximus the Confessor (Communio Books.)3 reviews Hans Urs von Balthasar Ignatius Press, 2003 The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handywork "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard." Ps 19:1-3 Maximus the Confessor: Born around 580, this Eastern Orthodox Byzantine theologian, and ascetic writer ...             The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor: Byzantine and Near Eastern History, AD 284-813 Theophanes the Confessor Oxford University Press, USA, 1997 Theophanes the Confessor (d.818) was a Byzantine abbot who fell victim to the Iconoclastic persecution. The Chronicle that goes under his name, written in Greek, is here translated in full for the first time, together with an introduction and commentary. It provides a unique source for the history of the Byzantine Empire to AD 813, as well as the history of the Persians, Arabs, Bulgarians, and other neighboring peoples.             Microcosm and Mediator: The Theological Anthropology of Maximus the Confessor3 reviews Lars Thunberg, A. M. Allchin Open Court Publishing Company, 1995 Maximus studies It was the late Benedictine scholar Polycarp Sherwood, of St. Meinrad's abbey in rural southern Indiana, who broke wide open the historical and theological study of Maximus the Confessor's writings in the 1950s. But it was the Swedish scholar Lars Thunberg, in the first edition of Microcosm and Mediator (1965), who took Maximian research to a new level of critical analysis. This second edition of ...             The Confessor103 reviews Daniel Silva Signet, 2004 A thriller all the way to the very last page. This is the third book in a series and Silva finally has done everything right even including a good ending. It not only has many twists and turns but has some great surprises; many of them just when you think you have it all figured out. Each layer as it is uncovered brings more questions than answers but art restorer and sometimes spy, Gabriel Allon keeps searching for the answer to who killed ...             On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ: Selected Writings from St. Maximus the Confessor (St. Vladimir's ...2 reviews Paul M. Blowers, Robert Louis Wilken St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2004 The World According to Maximus In the millennia-long conversation of Christian theology, St. Maximus (580-662) stands out as a profound, original contributor. For this reader, the most striking feature in this collection of his writings has to be his understanding of "deification.". Based on his reading of II Peter 1:3-4, deification (or divinization) stands at the very center of his thought concerning the redemption and ...             A Confessor's Handbook3 reviews Kurt Stasiak Paulist Press, 2000 Help for the Confessing Although written to help priests be more effective and gentle, helpful confessors by gaining a deeper understanding of what their people are saying (or trying to say or hide )in confession this book can also help laity confused about the sacramment of reconciliation. It can show you clearer and more precise ways to express yourself, or how to ask your confessor for the kind of guidance this St. ...             Confessor (Sword of Truth)252 reviews Terry Goodkind Tor Fantasy, 2008 No Loose Ends For the record, I could never be a professional reviewer because I don't break the parts down and analyze each one. That said, I really enjoyed this final book in Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. I first got hooked on the series after several of the books had already been written. Whenever I got to the next book, I "noticed" how he repeated facts and histories of prominent characters. I had ...             Maximus Confessor: Selected Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality)6 reviews Paulist Press, 1985 Maximus to the maximum I am an Orthodox Christian, and I have not only read this book, but as a Maximus scholar, I have lived with it for 15 years, since it first came out in 1985. My original copy is totally dogeared, held together with tape and glue and the grace of a book lovingly valued as precious far beyond its price. Every page is full of notes upon notes in various colors. As it gradually falls apart through ...             Caverns of the Father Confessor1 review Z. T. Law AuthorHouse, 2002 What a book! I have to admit, I was about to put the book down and just stop reading it... I didn't particularly like the beginning. But it really picked up... I honestly liked this book very much. It's a great read and easy to understand... I LOVE the twist at the end!!! It's definitely worth reading.             King of the Confessors10 reviews Thomas Hoving Ballantine Books, 1982 Read and re-read! I read this book when it came out many years ago and my copy has been read and re-read many times over the years. It's a great non fiction book about an ivory cross that the former director of the Met found and pursued and finally purchased, after many setbacks and frustrations along the way. It brings you into the world of art, history, museums and museum directors and brings it all to life. ...             Origen of Alexandria And St. Maximus the Confessor1 review Edward Moore Dissertation.com, 2005 A Genuinely Original Appreciation of Early Christianity -Four and a Half Stars Throw out everything you think you know about early Christianity. For most of us moderns & postmoderns (especially if our understanding of Christianity derives from the Latin West, the Orthodox East is another matter) it is a dour, unimaginative and inhumane thing. In this fascinating work Edward Moore shows us an early Christian thinker -Origen- whose speculations can be said to rank up there ...             Yale English Monarchs - Edward the Confessor (Yale English Monarchs)2 reviews Frank Barlow Yale University Press, 1997 It's really good! Though the subject of this book may seem a bit daunting and even boring, I promise you that Frank Barlow has done a fabulous job. He has brought to life the enigmatic and somewhat obscure lives of the most important Englishmen of the late 11th century: Edward the Confessor, Earl Godwin, Edith Godwin's daughter, King Harold II, Swegn Godwinson, and Tostig Godwinson. A must-read.             Union and Distinction in the Thought of St Maximus the Confessor (Oxford Early Christian Studies) Melchisedec Toronen Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 Union and Distinction in the Thought of St Maximus the Confessor presents the writings of a key figure in Byzantine theology in the light of the themes of unity and diversity. The principle of simultaneous union and distinction forms the core of Maximus' thought, pervading every area of his theology. It can be summarized as: Things united remain distinct and without confusion in an inseparable union. As Melchisedec Toronen shows, this master ...             Related Lives: Confessors and Their Female Penitents, 1450-1750 Jodi Bilinkoff Cornell University Press, 2005 In early modern Catholic Europe and its colonies priests frequently developed close relationships with pious women, serving as their spiritual directors during their lives, and their biographers after their deaths. In this richly illustrated book, Jodi Bilinkoff explores the ways in which clerics related to those female penitents whom they determined were spiritually gifted, and how they conveyed the live stories of these women to readers. The ...             Maximus the Confessor (Early Church Fathers)5 reviews Andrew Louth Routledge, 1996 A "most valuable" introduction to Maximus I cannot in good conscience bypass one more time that one-starred, rather negative review by the reviewer from Holland of this actually excellent book on St. Maximus the Confessor by Andrew Louth, without attempting to redress what is basically a false impression of a very praise-worthy work. I could not disagree more with his overall opinion of what Louth has done. 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