The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Volume 1; The First Part, Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of Aelfric (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ...man, Enoch, was conveyed to the aerial heaven, and Elijah was borne up in a chariot; but the Almighty Saviour was not conveyed nor borne, but he passed through the ethereal heaven by his own might. We have to consider how chastity was cherished by the ministers who were thus conveyed, and by the ascending Jesus. Enoch was conveyed, who was begotten by coition, and who begot by coition. Elijah was conveyed in a chariot, who was begotten by coition, but he begot not by coition, for he continued during his life without a wife. Jesus ascended to heaven, who was not begotten by coition, nor did he himself beget; for he is the origin and beginning of all chastities, and to him chastity is a very amiable virtue, which he manifested when he chose him a maiden for mother. And all the holy company which followed him was living in chastity, as he says in one of his gospels, " He who comes to me, may not be my disciple, unless he hate his wife." The evangelist Mark wrote in this gospel, that our Lord, after his ascension, sat on the right hand of his Father, and the first martyr, Stephen, said that he saw the heavens open, fonas opene, and Sone Haelend standan on his Faeder swiSran. Nu cwjr5 se trahtnere, " paet rihtlice is gecweden, paet he saete aefter his upstige, forSan Se deman gedafnaS setl." Crist, is se soSa dema, pe deniS and toscaet ealle Sing, nu and eac on Sam endenextan daege. Se martyr hine geseah standan, forSan Se he waes his gefylsta on Saere Srowunge his martyrdomes, and Surh his gife he waes gebyld ongean Sa reSan ehteras, Se hine waelhreowlice staendon. Se ende is Sises godspelles, paet Cristes apostoli " ferdon and bodedon gehwaer, Drihtne samod wyrcendum, and Sa spraeee getrymmendum mid aefterfyligendum tacnum." pa ap...