Father Robert OSB books
The Nightingale - together with Hymns from the Office of the Passion of the Lord
$8.00
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Pope Urban VIII and Pope Alexander VII: Selected Poetry
$16.00
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Robert Nixon, employing strictly the medium of English heroic verse, comprises a choice cornucopia of the lyrical musings of these two baroque pontiffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEndorsements \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A wonderful achievement. The Latin poetry of Baroque popes has never been so readable. Nixon’s heroic couplets and lexical pyrotechnics bring this verse, on topics high and low, within easy reach. Here is translation as creation, at a high level, and what delights it offers.”\u003cbr\u003e —John J. Kinder, University of Western Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Maffeo Barberini (1568–1644) and Fabio Chigi (1599–1667), Popes Urban VIII and Alexander VII respectively, embracing everything from a humorous poem on the gift of a cat to devout meditations on the Lord’s Passion, then let translator Dom Robert, a true master of English prosody of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, be your very able impresario.”\u003cbr\u003e —Anna Silvas, University of New England, Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Walking in the footsteps of his Benedictine forebears, Dom Robert Nixon has rendered an immense service to classical education. These exceptional translations of two great popes both convey the meditative aura of the originals and incite to return to them. May they help rediscovery of Latin as part of a living tradition—vehicle of history, culture, and faith—especially through its use in the liturgy.”\u003cbr\u003e —Pius Mary Noonan, OSB, Notre Dame Priory, Tasmania\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePope Urban VIII (Author)\u003cbr\u003ePope Alexander VII (Author)\u003cbr\u003eFr. 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They were also sensitive, inspired, and highly accomplished poets. The cultural milieu from which they sprang was a halcyon era in which literature and the arts flourished with all the apollonian refulgence of a splendid, and sometimes extravagant, opulence. The present work of adaptation by New Norcia’s Fr. Robert Nixon, employing strictly the medium of English heroic verse, comprises a choice cornucopia of the lyrical musings of these two baroque pontiffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEndorsements \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A wonderful achievement. The Latin poetry of Baroque popes has never been so readable. Nixon’s heroic couplets and lexical pyrotechnics bring this verse, on topics high and low, within easy reach. Here is translation as creation, at a high level, and what delights it offers.”\u003cbr\u003e —John J. Kinder, University of Western Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Maffeo Barberini (1568–1644) and Fabio Chigi (1599–1667), Popes Urban VIII and Alexander VII respectively, embracing everything from a humorous poem on the gift of a cat to devout meditations on the Lord’s Passion, then let translator Dom Robert, a true master of English prosody of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, be your very able impresario.”\u003cbr\u003e —Anna Silvas, University of New England, Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Walking in the footsteps of his Benedictine forebears, Dom Robert Nixon has rendered an immense service to classical education. These exceptional translations of two great popes both convey the meditative aura of the originals and incite to return to them. May they help rediscovery of Latin as part of a living tradition—vehicle of history, culture, and faith—especially through its use in the liturgy.”\u003cbr\u003e —Pius Mary Noonan, OSB, Notre Dame Priory, Tasmania\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePope Urban VIII (Author)\u003cbr\u003ePope Alexander VII (Author)\u003cbr\u003eFr. Robert Nixon, osb (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Paperback, 68 pages\u003cbr\u003e- Dimensions 15.1 x 22.9cm\u003cbr\u003e- Publication date 18 June 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}
Four Egyptian Martyrs
$14.99
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An immense number of Egyptian Christians of the period received the noble crown of martyrdom, responding to the cruelty and inhumanity of their persecutors with a heroism and fidelity which remains profoundly astonishing and wondrously inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis volume presents in English translation (mostly for the first time) ancient Coptic versions of the lives of four Egyptian martyrs who each died under the reign of Diocletian. These are St. Epime of Pancoleus, St. Abanoub of Nehisa. St. Apatil of Sabaru and St. Lacaron of Tgeliensis. Each of these were youths or young men who faced a range of appalling and often bizarre tortures with exemplary courage and fortitude, before accepting final martyrdom at the hands of the imperial authorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated by New Norcia's Fr Robert Nixon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e161 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2024-07-09T14:29:17+08:00","created_at":"2022-05-19T09:58:20+08:00","vendor":"Father Robert","type":"Books","tags":["Book","Books","gift","gifts","religious"],"price":1499,"price_min":1499,"price_max":1499,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39816571224110,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780645139440","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Four Egyptian Martyrs","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1499,"weight":300,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780645139440","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/FourEguptianMartyrs.jpg?v=1652925646","\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/FourEguptianMartyrs2.jpg?v=1652925646"],"featured_image":"\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/FourEguptianMartyrs.jpg?v=1652925646","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21512106803246,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.651,"height":3580,"width":2332,"src":"\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/FourEguptianMartyrs.jpg?v=1652925646"},"aspect_ratio":0.651,"height":3580,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/FourEguptianMartyrs.jpg?v=1652925646","width":2332},{"alt":null,"id":21512106770478,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.631,"height":3544,"width":2236,"src":"\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/FourEguptianMartyrs2.jpg?v=1652925646"},"aspect_ratio":0.631,"height":3544,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/FourEguptianMartyrs2.jpg?v=1652925646","width":2236}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cdiv id=\"synopsis-window\" style=\"height: 100%; overflow: hidden;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"height: 100%; overflow: hidden;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"synopsistext\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"sa\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the early fourth century, under the reign of the emperor Diocletian, followers of the Christian Faith experienced a sustained and systematic campaign of fierce persecution at the hands of the Roman authorities. The aim of this persecution was nothing less than the entire abolition of the true Faith and the utter destruction of the Church. Much blood was shed and many lives were lost for the holy Name of Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhilst these persecutions were conducted throughout the entire Roman empire, they were particularly vitriolic and savage in Egypt. An immense number of Egyptian Christians of the period received the noble crown of martyrdom, responding to the cruelty and inhumanity of their persecutors with a heroism and fidelity which remains profoundly astonishing and wondrously inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis volume presents in English translation (mostly for the first time) ancient Coptic versions of the lives of four Egyptian martyrs who each died under the reign of Diocletian. These are St. Epime of Pancoleus, St. Abanoub of Nehisa. St. Apatil of Sabaru and St. Lacaron of Tgeliensis. 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The Fable of Joseph and Aséneth
$16.00
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Infused with all the tender sensitivity and lyricism of the Song of Solomon, it weaves an enchanting tale of infatuation, heartbreak, and joyful reunion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile the work may be read simply as a piece of visionary fiction, Aséneth—who soon becomes the story’s central and most sympathetic character—may also be taken as an allegorical figure of the human soul, as it moves through different stages in its relationship to God. Beginning with contentment in merely earthly things, the soul is then awakened to a consuming desire for the transcendent. Yet this transcendent ideal soon proves fleeting, inaccessible, and remote, leaving only a state of emptiness and desolation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFinally, through a mystical encounter with the incarnate deity, the soul is taken up into an ecstatic union with God—a meeting of heaven and earth, of the human and the divine. This volume presents an English verse adaptation of the principal Syriac version of the fable, as well as prose translations of related Greek and Syriac fragments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFreely adapted into English Verse by New Norcia's Fr Robert Nixon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e71 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}