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The Lord's Prayer / The Beatitudes

by Gregory of Nyssa

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The two series of homilies presented here are intensely practical, full of examples from the moral, social, medical, and scientific life of Gregory's time. They paint a picture of a man thoroughly conversant with human nature in general, and in the needs of his contemporaries.+

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Gregory of Nyssa

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Graef, Hilda C. (Translator)

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Canonical title: The Lord's Prayer / The Beatitudes
Original title: De oratione dominica; De beatitudinibus

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Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 270 — Religion History of Christianity History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity
LCC: BR60 .A35 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christianity Christianity Early Christian literature. Fathers of the Church, etc.
BISAC: REL RELIGION Christian Theology History

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Languages: Catalan, English, Greek
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ISBNs: 4
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Published: 1978
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 270
LCC: BR60 .A35

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