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100 1 _aAelfric, Abbot of Eynsham,
_d955?-1020?
245 1 4 _aThe Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church :
_bContaining the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of Ælfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2011-12-18
508 _aProduced by Julie Barkley, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church" by the Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric is a collection of sermons written in the early 11th century. The work is significant as it presents the teachings and doctrines of the Anglo-Saxon Church through a series of homilies, aimed at the lay audience to educate them in the Christian faith. The text is presented in the original Anglo-Saxon language alongside an English translation, which makes it an important resource for both historical and linguistic studies. At the start of the text, Aelfric introduces himself and explains his motivation for translating these homilies into English, emphasizing the need for clear and accessible religious education for those who speak the vernacular. The opening sermon focuses on the creation narrative, detailing the nature of God as the Almighty Creator and recounting the story of Adam and Eve, their disobedience, and the consequences that followed. Aelfric's work illuminates the theological principles of the time and reflects the concerns of the Anglo-Saxon Church regarding faith, morality, and the eternal fate of humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aSermons, English (Old)
700 1 _aThorpe, Benjamin,
_d1782-1870
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38334
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