Homily on the Soul and Body by Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (Pastoral Messages Series) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

The following homily is one of the few writings of Pope Alexander in existence today. It comes to us in two manuscripts from the British Museum. One manuscript contains a long Coptic version of this homily that has been historically attributed to St. Athanasius while another contains a shorter Syriac version that attributes the homily to Pope Alexander. We present this homily without expressing an opinion as to its authorship, for there is no doubt this homily was written by one of the great saints of the church and defenders of the faith, whether Pope Alexander or Pope Athanasius. In this wonderful homily, the author speaks about man's condition ("For when was it well with man?") and God's response to the enemy that opposes man ("Now, after all this bondage to death and corruption of manhood, God has visited His creature, which He formed after His own image and likeness, and this He has done that it might not forever be the amusement of death"). The author then proceeds to reveal to the reader the awe and wonder of Christ's redeeming work and resurrection from the dead ("Then the Lord, the third day after His death, rose again, thus bringing man to a knowledge of the Trinity").