Philip SherrardReseñas

complete text of Vol. I

When time allows, will update with reviews of each essay, maybe a key quote that 'sold it' as a 5-star book.
Chapter 1: The Sexual Relationship in Christian Thought, 5 Stars
Chapter 2: The Body, Beauty, and Sexuality, 5 Stars
Chapter 3: Towards a Theology of Sexual Love, 3 Stars
Chapter 4: An Approach to the Sacrament of Marriage, 4 Stars

Excellent history of the Byzantine empire.

found this very boring. new king, war, new king. the art is not my favourite. the MONKS were the most interesting!

A good summary of Byzantium's history.

As the back of the book says, the Philokalia is the most important book other than the Bible for Orthodox Christians, and it is truly amazing. The glossary at the back of this book helps a lot, and contains explanations of many very important Orthodox beliefs and terms. The only complaint I have is that I wish the translators and editors would have included St. Nikodimos' comments on the various writings he compiled within this English edition. It seems that they would have been very helpful and retaining them would have remained true to the original compilation by Ss. Nikodimos and Markarios.

An account of the Byzantine empire following the fall of the Roman Empire. This is a not particularly interesting period of history to me, but the Time-Life editors do as good a job making it accessible and intriguing as anybody could. From 324 to 1453 and the besieging of Constantinople by the Turks.½

Presented to David (? Hamner) on his priesting in St David's Cathedral, 29 June

Works include those by Evagrios the Solitry, St John Cassian, St Neilos the Ascetic and Other Monks