Böcker i Monastic Studies Series-serien

A panorama of Russian Christian spirituality, richly illustrated with passages from formative works.

At the dividing line between Antiquity and the Middle Ages, scholar-diplomat-pastor-writer-pope Gregory the Great drew on his profound knowledge of Scripture and his personal experience to preach the Gospel. These forty homilies show the practical concerns Gregory faced as well as the theological expectations he had of his flock.

Throughout the Christian world, women have chosen to lead disciplined lives of prayer and asceticism.