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Identified in the early twentieth century as the work of Hippolytus, this text provides liturgical information of great antiquity, and as such has been massively influential on liturgical study and reform, especially in Western Churches. This new edition is the first to incorporate a recently discovered Ethiopic manuscript.

Popular Patristics Series Volume 29These are the only three existing ante-Nicene treatises on the Lord's Prayer, and they became the starting point for many other commentaries. Of the three, however, only the discourse of Cyprian is an address to catechumens. Tertullian's treatise contains additional material on the conduct of worship and on prayer in the assembly, and Origen's commentary is a vast work on the whole subject of prayer, as much suited to advanced learners in the school of Christ as to those preparing for baptism.These are the only three existing ante-Nicene treatises on the Lord's Prayer, and they became the starting point for many other commentaries. Of the three, however, only the discourse of Cyprian is an address to catechumens. Tertullian's treatise contains additional material on the conduct of worship and on prayer in the assembly, and Origen's commentary is a vast work on the whole subject of prayer, as much suited to advanced learners in the school of Christ as to those preparing for baptism.

This translation of Symeon's treatment of the experience of God, discusses salvation history from creation to the glory of Eschaton. It addresses such themes as predestination, the knowledge of the saints in the world to come, and the Day of Judgement as "The Day of the Lord".

One of Maximus' most eclectic writings. The work is arranged into two hundred "chapters," which are often pithy pearls of wisdom that monks could learn from the respected figure of an elder or abbot.