Translation – A Discourse by St Severus on the Virgin Mary
Notes This is a part of a discourse by St Severus of Antioch about the Virgin Mary. He especially describes the Virgin Mary as Prophet, Apostle and Martyr. This text…
Translation – The Apocalypse of Samuel, Abbot of Deir-el-Qalamoun
Summary The translator of this text from a 17th century Arabic manuscript notes that it is in two parts, a homily and an apocalypse. He adds… The sermon aims to…
Translation – Severus of Antioch in Coptic Literature
Summary This text is a translation I have produced of an article by the scholar E. Porcher from the French, published in the Revue de L’Orient Chretien in 1907. I…
Translation – The Prayer of Saint Langinos
Summary This is an interesting text, preserved in an Ethiopic manuscript. It describes something of the affairs in Egypt at time of the council of Chalcedon when violence was threatened…
Translation – The Plerophories – 1-9
Text The Plerophories That is, the testimonies and revelations that God made to the Saints, concerning the heresy of the two natures and the prevarication that took place in Chalcedon;…
Translation – The Plerophories – Introduction
Summary F. Nau, the great French schola, translated the Plerophories into French, which I am translating into English in this series of posts. This is his own introduction. The word…
Translation – Third Letter of St Severus to Julian of Halicarnassus
Summary I will translate the whole of the Third Letter of St Severus to Julian of Halicarnassus. This first section shows us that Julian was complaining that St Severus had…
Translation – Writings Against Julian – p155-p158
Summary This is the last passage from the first lengthy response which St Severus sent to Julian of Halicarnassus. The main problem with Julian was that he considered only one…
Translation – Writings Against Julian – p133-p153
Summary In this very interesting passage from the work of St Severus, he wants to express several important points. These are: The human nature does not become mixed with sin…
Call no man father!
One of the questions which are often asked about Orthodoxy by those who are investigating our ancient and Apostolic faith, is why it is that we call our pastors and…