Funeral Orations

by Ambrose of Milan and Gregory of Nazianzus

The Christian funeral oration is one of the most elaborate of Christian literary forms. It represents an attempt to adapt to Christian use a pagan Greek form with many hundreds of years behind it. . . . The Christian masterpieces presented in this volume reflect a long, rich, and varied pagan literary tradition in East and West, and at the same time exhibit modifications and new elements which give them their specific Christian character. (From the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813214025
• ISBN13: 9780813214023
• Release Date: January 1953
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"