Homilies on Luke (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series)
By Origen.
Description
Thirty-nine of Origen's homilies on the Gospel of Luke survive in Jerome's Latin translation. Origen preached them in Caesarea, perhaps around 234 or 240, to a congregation of catechumens and faithful. Most of the homilies are short; on average, they treat about six verses of the Gospel and would have lasted between eight and twelve minutes. The first thirty-three homilies treat chapters one through four of Luke's Gospel; the remaining six treat passages from the tenth to the twentieth chapters.Origen's homilies are the only extant patristic writing devoted to Luke'...
ISBN(s)
081321744X, 9780813217444
