Aphraates the Persian Sage
Author of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Volume 13: Gregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat
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Image credit: Icon of Saints Ephrem, Isaac and Aphrahat / Classic Christianity
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Volume 13: Gregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat (1956) — Author — 296 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
The Divine Office, Volume 1: Daily Prayer for Advent, Christmastide and Weeks 1-9 (1974) — Contributor — 197 copies, 1 review
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume II Lenten Season and Easter Season) (1974) — Contributor — 189 copies
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume III: The Weeks of the Year 6 - 34) (1974) — Contributor — 72 copies
Witness of the Saints: Patristic Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours (2012) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review
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- Canonical name
- Aphraates the Persian Sage
- Other names
- Aphrahat
Pharhadh - Birthdate
- c. 270
- Date of death
- c. 345
- Gender
- male
- Organizations
- Roman Catholic Church
- Short biography
- Aphrahat (c. 270–c. 345) was a Syriac-Christian author of the 3rd century from the Adiabene region of Northern Mesopotamia, which was within the Persian Empire, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice. He was born in Persia around 270, but all his known works, the Demonstrations, come from later on in his life.
- Nationality
- Persia
- Birthplace
- Adiabene, Northern Mesopotamia, Persian Empire
- Places of residence
- Mosul, Irag
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