Fifty spiritual homilies
Subtitle: of St. Macarius the Egyptian
Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Published: 1921
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Introduction; title: 1. THE AUTHOR v; title: 2. HIS WRITINGS xvi; title: 3. HIS TEACHING XX; title: 4. THE TEXT AND TRANSLATION xli; title: HOMILY I; title: An allegorical interpretation of the vision described in the prophet Ezekiel 1; title: HOMILY II; title: Concerning the kingdom of darkness, that is, of sin, and that God alone is able to take away sin from us, and to deliver us out of the bondage of the evil prince 12; title: HOMILY III; title: That the brethren ought to live in sincerity, simplicity, love, and peace with each other, and to carry on contest and war in their inward thoughts 16; title: HOMILY IV; title: Christians ought to accomplish their race in this world with heed and care, that they may gain heavenly praises from God and angels 20; title: HOMILY V; title: A great difference between Christians and the men of this world . Those who have the spirit of the world are in heart and mind bound in earthly bonds, but the others long after the love of the heavenly Father, having Him only before their eyes with much desire 38; title: HOMILY VI; title: Those who desire to please God, ought to offer their prayers in peace and quietness, in gentleness and wisdom, and not to give scandal to others by the use of loud outcries.; title: The Homily also contains two questions, whether the thrones and crowns are actual created things, and concerning the twelve thrones of Israel 56; title: HOMILY VII; title: Concerning the loving-kindness of Christ towards men. The Homily also contains certain questions and answers 61; title: HOMILY VIII; title: Concerning things which befall Christians at prayer, and concerning the measures of perfection whether it is possible for Christians to reach the perfect measure 65; title: HOMILY IX; title: That the promises and prophecies of God are accomplished through manifold, trial and temptation, and that those who cleave to God alone are delivered from the temptation of the evil one 69; title: HOMILY X; title: By lowliness of mind and earnestness the gifts of the Divine grace are preserved, but by pride and sloth they are destroyed 76; title: HOMILY XI; title: That the power of the Holy Ghost in man's heart is like fire; and what things we need, in order to distinguish the thoughts that spring up in the heart ; and concerning the dead serpent fixed by Moses at the top of the pole, which was a type of Christ. The Homily contains two dialogues, one between Christ and the evil one, Satan ; the other between sinners and the same 79; title: HOMILY XII; title: Concerning the state of Adam before he transgressed God's commandment, and after he had lost both his own image and the heavenly. The Homily contains some very profitable questions 89; title: HOMILY XIII; title: What fruit God expects from Christians 99; title: HOMILY XIV; title: Those who give their thoughts and their mind to God do so in the hope that the eyes of their heart may he enlightened, and God vouchsafes to them mysteries in the greatest sanctity and purity, and imparts to them of His grace. What we who desire to attain the good things of heaven ought to do. Then the apostles and the prophets are compared to the sun's rays coming in at a window. The Homily also teaches what is Satan's "Earth," and what that of the angels, and that both are intangible and invisible 101; title: HOMILY XV; title: This Homily teaches at large how the soul ought to behave herself in holiness and chastity and purity towards her Spouse Christ Jesus, the Saviour of the world. It contains also certain discussions full of great instruction, viz., Whether at the resurrection all the members are raised up, and a great many more concerning Evil, and Grace, and Free Will, and the dignity of human nature 105; title: HOMILY XVI; title: That spiritual persons are subject to temptations and to the adversities which spring from the first sin 134; title: HOMILY XVII; title: Concerning the spiritual unctjon of Christians, and their glory, and that without Christ it is impossible to be saved or to become a partaker of eternal life 142; title: HOMILY XVIII; title: Concerning the Christian's treasure, which is Christ and the Holy Ghost, who practises them in various ways to come to perfection 151; title: HOMILY XIX; title: Christians who desire to make progress and to grow ought to force themselves to every good thing, so as to deliver themselves from indwelling sin, and to be filled with the Holy Ghost 157; title: HOMILY XX; title: Only Christ, the true Physician of the inner man, can heal the soul, and array it in the garment of grace 163; title: HOMILY XXI; title: A Christian man has a twofold warfare set before him - an inward and an outward, the latter, in withdrawing from earthly distractions ; the former, in the heart, against the suggestions of the spirits of wickedness 168; title: HOMILY XXII; title: Concerning the twofold state of those who depart out of this life 171; title: HOMILY XXIII; title: As only those born of the seed royal can wear the costly royal pearl, so only the children of God are allowed to wear the pearl of heaven 172; title: HOMILY XXIV; title: The state of Christians is like merchandise, and like leaven. As merchants amass earthly gains, so Christians gather together their thoughts that were scattered about the world. As leaven turns the whole lump into leaven, so the leaven of sin permeates the whole race of Adam; but Christ puts a heavenly leaven of goodness in faithful souls 174; title: HOMILY XXV; title: This Homily teaches that no man, without being strengthened by Christ, is capable of overcoming the stumbling-blocks of the evil one, and what those who desire the divine glory must do. It teaches also that through Adam's disobedience we came down into bondage to carnal passions, from which we are delivered by the mystery that is in the Cross. It instructs us besides that the power of tears and of the divine fire is great 178; title: HOMILY XXVI; title: Concerning the worth and value, the power and efficiency of the immortal soul, and how it is tempted by Satan and obtains deliverance from the temptations. It contains also some questions full of very great instruction 185; title: HOMILY XXVII; title: This Homily, like the foregoing, describes at length the dignity and status of a Christian man. Then it teaches many useful things concerning freewill, intermixing some questions full of divine wisdom 200; title: HOMILY XXVIII; title: This Homily describes and bewails the calamity of the soul, that by reason of sin the Lord does not dwell in it ; and concerning John the Baptist, that none among those born of women is greater than he 214; title: HOMILY XXIX; title: God works the dispensations of grace upon mankind after a twofold manner, intending to require the fruits of it by a just judgment 218; title: HOMILY XXX; title: The soul that is to enter into the kingdom of God must be born of the Holy Ghost ; and how this is effected 223; title: HOMILY XXXI; title: The believer ought to be changed in mind, and to gather up all his thoughts in God; for in these all service of God consists 229; title: HOMILY XXXII; title: The glory of Christians abides even now in their souls, and will be manifested at the time of resurrection, and will glorify their bodies in correspondence with their piety 233; title: HOMILY XXXIII; title: We ought to pray to God continually and with attention 24O; title: HOMILY XXXIV; title: Concerning the glory of Christians, which shall be vouchsafed to their bodies at the resurrection, and they shall be enlightened, together with the soul 243; title: HOMILY XXXV; title: Concerning the old Sabbath and the new 246; title: HOMILY XXXVI; title: Concerning the twofold resurrection of souls and bodies, and of the divers glory of the risen 248; title: HOMILY XXXVI; title: Concerning Paradise and the spiritual law 250; title: HOMILY XXXVIII; title: Great exactness and intelligence is required to discern true Christians, and who these are 257; title: HOMILY XXXIX; title: Why the Holy Scripture was given to us by God 260; title: HOMILY XL; title: That all the virtues and all the vices are bound each to other, and like a chain are linked one to another 261; title: HOMILY XLI; title: Very deep are the secret chambers of the soul, which grows in proportion with the growth of grace or of wickednesses 265; title: HOMILY XLII; title: Not external things, but internal, advance or injure a man, namely, the Spirit of grace or the spirit of wickedness 267; title: HOMILY XLIII; title: Concerning the progress of a Christian man, the whole power of which depends upon the heart, as is here described in various ways 269; title: HOMILY XLIV; title: What change and renewal is wrought in a Christian man by Christ, who has healed the afflictions and diseases of the soul 275; title: HOMILY XLV; title: No art, no wealth of this wofld, but only the appearing of Christ, is able to cure man, whose great kinship with God this Homily sets forth 281; title: HOMILY XLVI; title: Concerning the difference between God's word and the world's, and between God's children and the children of this world 286; title: HOMILY XLVII; title: An allegorical interpretation of the things done under the Law 290; title: HOMILY XLVIII; title: Concerning perfect faith in God 300; title: HOMILY XLIX; title: It is not enough to have got rid of the pleasures of this world, unless a man gets the blessedness of the other 304; title: HOMILY L; title: It is God that works wonders through His saints 308; title: Index of Scripture References 312