Made Perfect in Faith: Sermons on the Lives and Works of Fifty Holy Church Fathers

Publication Data: Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, 2006
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 345
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.3 cm × 13.8 cm × 2.2 cm
Additional Information: two-color printing, black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0‒911165‒60‒6

   
by Father James Thornton

A volume of Made Perfect in Faith

“In the Orthodox Church, we often speak of ‘the Holy Church Fathers.’ We quote their words in sermons, commentaries, essays, and books. We regard them as the preëminent interpreters of Holy Scripture. We study their lives. We celebrate their memories on their Feast Days throughout the year. We pray for their intercession before God. Their teachings and example, set upon the foundation of the Holy Gospels, form the structure of the Orthodox way of life and the Orthodox worldview.”
—“Sermon 1: The Holy Church Fathers”

CONTENTS

Preface and Acknowledgements
Sermon 1
   The Holy Church Fathers
Sermon 2
   Saint Clement, Bishop of Rome
Sermon 3
   Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
Sermon 4
   Saint Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons
Sermon 5
   Saint Ignatios the God-Bearer, Bishop of Antioch
Sermon 6
   Saint Justin the Philosopher
Sermon 7
   Saint Hippolytos, Bishop of Rome
Sermon 8
   Saint Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage
Sermon 9
   Saint Anthony the Great
Sermon 10
   Saint Athanasios the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria
Sermon 11
   Saint Methodios, Bishop of Patara
Sermon 12
   Saint Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers
Sermon 13
   Saint Martin the Merciful, Bishop of Tours
Sermon 14
   Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem
Sermon 15
   Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
Sermon 16
   Saint Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople
Sermon 17
   Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Cæsarea
Sermon 18
   Saint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa
Sermon 19
   Saint John Chrysostomos, Archbishop of Constantinople
Sermon 20
   Saint John Cassian the Roman
Sermon 21
   Saint Ephrem the Syrian
Sermon 22
   Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria
Sermon 23
   Saint Patrick, Bishop of Armagh
Sermon 24
   Saint Vincent of Lérins
Sermon 25
   Saint Romanos the Melodist
Sermon 26
   Saint Benedict of Nursia
Sermon 27
   Saint Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome
Sermon 28
   Saint John of the Ladder
Sermon 29
   Saint Maximos the Confessor
Sermon 30
   Saint Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh
Sermon 31
   Saint Bede the Venerable
Sermon 32
   Saint John of Damascus
Sermon 33
   Saint Theodore the Studite
Sermon 34
   Saint Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople
Sermon 35
   Saint Symeon the New Theologian
Sermon 36
   Saint Sava I, Archbishop of Serbia
Sermon 37
   Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica
Sermon 38
   Saint Mark Evgenikos, Metropolitan of Ephesus
Sermon 39
   Saint Kosmas of Aitolia
Sermon 40
   Saint Makarios, Archbishop of Corinth
Sermon 41
   Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite
Sermon 42
   Saint Seraphim of Sarov
Sermon 43
   Saint Theophan the Recluse, Bishop of Vladimir
Sermon 44
   Saint John of Kronstadt
Sermon 45
   Saint Nektarios of Ægina, Metropolitan of Pentapolis
Sermon 46
   Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow
Sermon 47
   Blessed Philotheos of Longovarda
Sermon 48
   Saint John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of San Francisco
Sermon 49
   Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Ohrid and Žiča
Sermon 50
   Saint Justin of Čelije
Sermon 51
   Blessed Philaret, Metropolitan of New York
Bibliography
Index of Names