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AUTHORS/ Ward, Benedicta
Benedicta Ward is a sister of the community of Sisters of the Love of God, based in Oxford, England. She is Reader in the History of Christian Spirituality at the University of Oxford and an honorary lecturer at Harris Manchester College. She has written a number of books on early monasticism and on the Middle Ages and is one of the world's most knowledgeable writers on the legacy of the Desert Fathers and Mothers.
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A True Easter: The Synod of Whitby 664 AD, by Benedicta Ward
A short history of the Council of Whitby held in 664 which decided the date of Easter for the English Church. 22pp Paper
Price: $7.00
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Christ Within Me: Daily Readings from the Anglo-Saxon Tradition - "Be, Lord, a Lovely Aid," by Sister Benedicta Ward, SLG
In Christ Within Me, Sister Benedicta Ward presents selected material for prayer and mediation from the Latin and Anglo-Saxon writing which has survived from the sixth, seventh and eighth centuries. 80pp Paper
Price: $10.00
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Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentence in Early Monastic Sources, by Benedicta Ward, SLG
Beauty consuming itself like incense burnt before God in solitude: these stories of penitent harlots from the 4th century Egyptian desert fascinated Christians in antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages. 113pp Paper
Price: $15.00
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High King of Heaven (The): Aspects of Early English Spirituality, by Benedicta Ward, SLG
In High King of Heaven, Benedicta Ward explores the devotional life of the Anglo-Saxons in the first years after their conversion: what they thought, said, did and prayed in the light of the Gospel of Christ. 114pp Hardcover
Price: $26.00
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High King of Heaven (The): Aspects of Early English Spirituality, by Benedicta Ward, SLG
In High King of Heaven, Benedicta Ward explores the devotional life of the Anglo-Saxons in the first years after their conversion: what they thought, said, did and prayed in the light of the Gospel of Christ. 114pp Paper
Price: $27.00
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Homilies on the Gospel - Book One: Advent to Lent, by Bede the Venerable; Translated by Lawrence T. Martin and Dom David Hurst, O.S.B., Preface by Benedicta Ward, SLG
The homilies preached by Bede to his brother monks in remote Northumbria became a model for preachers for a thousand years. 252pp Paper
Price: $20.00
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Homilies on the Gospels - Book Two: Lent to the Dedication of the Church, Bede the Venerable; Translated by Lawrence T. Martin and Dom David Hurst, O.S.B., Preface by Benedicta Ward, SLG
The homilies preached by Bede to his brother monks in remote Northumbria became a model for preachers for a thousand years. 252pp Paper
Price: $20.00
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In the Company of Christ: A Pilgrimage Through Holy Week, Benedicta Ward
With In the Company Christ, Sister Benedicta Ward, a church historian, guides us through the history of Christian procession, using the days of Holy Week. 84pp Paper
Price: $13.00
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