Saint Gregory Palamas׃ The Homilies

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Edited and translated from the original Greek with an introduction and notes by Christopher Veniamin
with the assistance of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Essex, England
Publication Data: Dalton, PA: Mount Thabor Publishing, 2016
Format: hardcover
Number of Pages: xxxviii + 761
Dimensions (l × w × h): 23.5 cm × 16.0 cm × 4.7 cm
Additional Information: dust jacket
ISBN: 978‒0‒9774983‒4‒5

   
Edited and translated from the original Greek with an introduction and notes by Christopher Veniamin
with the assistance of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Essex, England

“The present edition of Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies marks a most significant event in the theological and spiritual world. Saint Gregory gave to the Church what is surely the most complete synthesis and perfect formulation of the apostolic tradition of all generations. His theology, in a charismatic and ‘existential’ way, recapitulates, in its entirety, the spiritual experience of the saints of the Old and New Testaments, who, with noble spirit, appropriated and ministered to Christ’s great ‘mystery of godliness’. His word possesses a creative power, is always new, and informs the heart with grace. It stands as a radiant sign of God for every generation. Most assuredly, it imparts the veritable solution to the impasses of our generation, and leads its ‘labouring and heavy laden’ children to true knowledge of God, to the festival of love of the Trinitarian God. More specifically, the homilies of St. Gregory, in spirited and uncomplicated idiom, render his entire life’s work accessible to the people of God. In fact, they form the most complete introduction not only to his theology, but to the theology of all the great Fathers of the Church.”
—“Foreword”

CONTENTS

Foreword by Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Notes to the Introduction
HOMILY ONE: On Peace With One Another
   DELIVERED THREE DAYS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN THESSALONICA
HOMILY TWO: On the Publican and the Pharisee
HOMILY THREE: On the Prodigal Who Was Saved
HOMILY FOUR: On Christ’s Second Coming
   AND ON COMPASSION AND DOING GOOD
HOMILY FIVE: On the Meeting of Our Lord
   INCLUDING THE SUBJECT OF CHASTITY AND ITS EVIL OPPOSITE
HOMILY SIX: To Encourage Fasting
   INCLUDING A BRIEF WORD ON THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD
HOMILY SEVEN: Another on Fasting
HOMILY EIGHT: On Faith
   INCLUDING AN EXPOSITION OF OUR DEVOUT CONFESSION
HOMILY NINE: In the Time of Fasting and Prayer
HOMILY TEN: On the Second Sunday of Holy Lent
   ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PARALYSED MAN HEALED BY THE LORD IN CAPERNAUM. AND DIRECTED AT THOSE WHO HAVE ILL-TIMED CONVERSATIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER DURING CHURCH GATHERINGS
HOMILY ELEVEN: On the Precious and Life-Giving Cross
HOMILY TWELVE: On the Fourth Sunday of Holy Lent
   BEING THAT OF THE HEALING OF THE BOY WITH A DEMON, INCLUDING A WORD ON ATTENTION TO INNER THOUGHTS
HOMILY THIRTEEN: On the Fifth Sunday of the Fast
   ON THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS, INCLUDING A WORD ON ALMSGIVING
HOMILY FOURTEEN: On the Annunciation of Our Exceedingly Pure Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
HOMILY FIFTEEN: Delivered on Palm Sunday
HOMILY SIXTEEN: About the Dispensation According to the Flesh of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Gifts of Grace Granted to Those Who Truly Believe in Him
   ALSO TEACHING THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO REDEEM MAN FROM THE DEVIL’S TYRANNY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT RIGHTLY PREFERRED THIS DISPENSATION. DELIVERED ON HOLY SATURDAY
HOMILY SEVENTEEN: Explaining the Mystery of the Sabbath and of The Lord’s Day
   AND REFERRING TO THE GOSPEL OF NEW SUNDAY
HOMILY EIGHTEEN: On the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers
   IN WHICH IT IS SAID THAT THE MOTHER OF GOD WAS THE FIRST TO SEE THE LORD AFTER HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD
HOMILY NINETEEN: On the Gospel About the Samaritan Woman
   AND THAT WE MUST DESPISE THE THINGS OF THE PRESENT
HOMILY TWENTY: On the Eighth Matins Gospel
   BEING THE APPEARANCE OF JESUS TO MARY MAGDALENE, IN WHICH IT IS STATED THAT THOSE WHO PIOUSLY STAY TO THE END OF THE DIVINE SERVICES WILL BE WORTHY OF GREAT GIFTS
HOMILY TWENTY-ONE: On the Ascension of Our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ
   ALSO DESCRIBING HOW THE SABBATH AS LAID DOWN IN THE LAW IS FULFILLED
HOMILY TWENTY-TWO: On the Same Feast
   REFERRING ALSO TO PASSIONS AND VIRTUES
HOMILY TWENTY-THREE: On the Tenth Matins Gospel
   THE APPEARANCE OF JESUS TO THE SEVEN DISCIPLES, WHICH ALSO MENTIONS THE WARFARE OF OUR SENSES AND MIND AGAINST OUR ENEMY
HOMILY TWENTY-FOUR: On How the Holy Spirit was Manifested and Shared Out at Pentecost
   ALSO ABOUT REPENTANCE
HOMILY TWENTY-FIVE: Delivered on the Sunday of All Saints
HOMILY TWENTY-SIX: Delivered at Harvest Time
   ALSO CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL HARVEST
HOMILY TWENTY-SEVEN: Another Homily Delivered at Harvest Time
   INCLUDING THE SUBJECT OF THE FUTURE HARVEST OF MEN
HOMILY TWENTY-EIGHT: Delivered on the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul, Leaders of the Apostles
HOMILY TWENTY-NINE: On the Subject of the Paralysed Man Who According to Matthew the Evangelist Was Healed in Capernaum
   ALSO ON GODLY SORROW
HOMILY THIRTY: On the Blind Men who Received Their Sight in a House
   ALSO TEACHING THAT TRUE FAITH IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT WORKS OF REPENTANCE
HOMILY THIRTY-ONE: Delivered at the Litany On the First of August
HOMILY THIRTY-TWO: On Saint Matthew’s Gospel For the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
   CHRIST WALKING ON THE WATER AND ABOUT TEMPTATIONS
HOMILY THIRTY-THREE: On Virtues And Their Opposite Passions
   AND THAT THE WORLD OF WHICH THE DEVIL IS PRINCE DOES NOT REFER TO GOD’S CREATION, BUT TO THOSE WHO SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO THE DEVIL BY THEIR MISUSE OF CREATION. DELIVERED DURING THE LITANY
HOMILY THIRTY-FOUR: On the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ
   IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE LIGHT OF THE TRANSFIGURATION IS UNCREATED
HOMILY THIRTY-FIVE: Another on the Transfiguration of the Lord
   IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE DIVINE LIGHT OF THE TRANSFIGURATION IS UNCREATED, IT IS NOT GOD’S ESSENCE
HOMILY THIRTY-SIX: On Saint Matthew’s Gospel For the Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost About the Parable Which Says, “The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king which would take an account of his servants”
   ALSO ON FORGIVENESS OF WRONGS AND COMPASSION
HOMILY THIRTY-SEVEN: On the Most Venerable Dormition of Our Exceedingly Pure Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
HOMILY THIRTY-EIGHT: On the First Matins Gospel
   THE COMMISSIONING OF THE DISCIPLES, INCLUDING THE TEACHING THAT BAPTISM IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO SAVE SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT ALSO STRIVE TO KEEP GOD’S COMMANDMENTS
HOMILY THIRTY-NINE: Delivered at the Supplicatory Procession Held on Account of the Unusual, Widespread and Deadly Plague at that Time
HOMILY FORTY: On Christ’s Highly Revered Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John
HOMILY FORTY-ONE: On the Gospel of the Fourteenth Sunday of Matthew, On the Parable that Invites Us To the Son’s Wedding
   INCLUDING A REPLY TO THOSE WHO ASK WHY GOD CALLED PEOPLE WHO WOULD EITHER NEVER OBEY HIM AT ALL, OR WOULD NOT OBEY HIM IN THEIR DEEDS, AND WHY HE MADE THOSE WHO ARE TO BE PUNISHED
HOMILY FORTY-TWO: On the Saving Nativity of Our Most Pure Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
HOMILY FORTY-THREE: On the Gospel Reading For the Seventeenth Sunday of Matthew About the Canaanite Woman
   ALSO CONCERNING MAN’S BASENESS AND PRAISEWORTHY HUMILITY
HOMILY FORTY-FOUR: On the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian Who Was Especially Beloved of Christ
   ALSO ABOUT LOVE FOR GOD AND OUR NEIGHBOUR
HOMILY FORTY-FIVE: On the Gospel For the Second Sunday of Luke Which Says, “As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise”
   ALSO AGAINST USURERS
HOMILY FORTY-SIX: On the Gospel For the Third Sunday of Luke On the Subject of the Widow’s Child Resurrected by the Lord
   AND ALSO ABOUT BEING FORGIVING AND COMPASSIONATE ONE TO ANOTHER
HOMILY FORTY-SEVEN: On the Gospel For the Fourth Sunday of Luke Which Says, A sower went out to sow his seed
   ALSO ABOUT THE CULTIVATING WE OUGHT TO DO BEFORE THE SOWING
HOMILY Forty-Eight: On the Gospel For the Fifth Sunday of Luke Which Says, “There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple”

   ABOUT THE RICH AND POOR AND WHICH RICH MAN IS TO BE SAVED
HOMILY FORTY-NINE: On the Greatmartyr Among the Saints, Demetrius the Wonderworker and Myrrhstreamer
HOMILY FIFTY: On the Gospel For the Sixth Sunday of Luke Which Says, “When Jesus went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time”
HOMILY FIFTY-ONE: Constant Converse With God in Prayer and Psalmody is the Foundation and Assurance of Everything Good, Driving Away Every Evil and Misfortune and Redeeming Us From It
HOMILY FIFTY-TWO: Delivered on the Feast of the Entry of Our Exceedingly Pure Lady, The Mother of God, Into the Holy of Holies
HOMILY FIFTY-THREE: On the Entry Into the Holy of Holies of Our Exceedingly Pure Lady Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary and Her Divine Manner of Life There
HOMILY FIFTY-FOUR: That After the Lord’s Coming the Upright Have a Greater Reward and the Disobedient Worse Condemnation and About Various Passions and Virtues
   DELIVERED ON THE TENTH SUNDAY OF LUKE, THE ONE BEFORE THE SUNDAY OF THE FOREFATHERS
HOMILY FIFTY-FIVE: Delivered on the Sunday of the Forefathers
   ALSO CONCERNING THOSE WHO ARE INDIFFERENT ABOUT LISTENING TO INSTRUCTION BECAUSE TIMES ARE HARD AND THEY LACK PHYSICAL NECESSITIES
HOMILY FIFTY-SIX: On the Holy and Dread Mysteries of Christ
   DELIVERED FOUR DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
HOMILY FIFTY-SEVEN: Delivered on the Sunday of the Fathers
   CONCERNING THE GENEALOGY ACCORDING TO THE FLESH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE EVER-VIRGIN MOTHER OF GOD WHO BORE HIM IN VIRGINITY
HOMILY FIFTY-EIGHT: On the Saving Nativity According to the Flesh of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ
HOMILY FIFTY-NINE: On What is Accomplished in Holy Baptism and About Repentance and What Saint John the Baptist Said On This Subject
   DELIVERED ON THE EVE OF THEOPHANY
HOMILY SIXTY: Delivered on the Holy Feast of Theophany
   DISCLOSING THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST’S BAPTISM AS FAR AS IS POSSIBLE
HOMILY SIXTY-ONE: The Twelfth Sunday of Luke On the Subject of the Strange Healing of the Ten Lepers
   ALSO ABOUT PEACE TOWARDS GOD, OURSELVES AND ONE ANOTHER
HOMILY SIXTY-TWO: The Fifteenth Sunday of Luke On the Subject of the Reform and Salvation of Zacchaeus the Chief Tax Collector
   ALSO AGAINST LOVE OF MONEY
HOMILY SIXTY-THREE: To Those Who Find Hard to Bear All the Different Kinds of Difficulties Which Come Upon Us From All Sides
Notes to the Homilies
Index of Scriptural References
Index of Names and Subjects
Index of Greek Words
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