Mathews, Edward: The Fathers of the Church St. Ephrem the Syrian Selected Prose Works

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This volume presents offers new English translations of selected prose works by St. Ephrem the Syrian (c. A.D. 309-373). St. Ephrem, the "Harp of the Spirit," composed prose commen taries and sermons of skillful charm and grace, in addition to beautiful hymns, during the time he spent teaching at his native Nisibis and at Edessa in Syria. St. Ephrem marshaled his considerable theological and rhetorical talent to challenge the appeal that the doctrines of the Arians, Manicheans, Marcionites, and the followers of Bardaisan might have had to the minds and hearts of Syrian Christians. In the face of their rational systems, his was the voice that insisted on the incomprehensibility of the divine nature. Show more