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St Ephrem the Syrian

AD 306–373

Fathers of the Church

St Ephrem the Syrian

ST. EPHREM IN PRAYER. Miniature of Florentine school of the second half of the 15th cent. Sermons...

From the Enciclopedia Cattolica

Father of the Church, the most celebrated Syriac writer and one of the most distinguished doctors both for the abundance of his writings, predominantly poetic, and for the excellence of his doctrine. He was declared a Doctor of the Church by Benedict XV with the encyclical Principi Apostolorum of 5 October 1920 (AAS, 12 [1920], pp. 457-471). The fame of E. was so great that his verses were translated into Greek shortly after his death and read after Sacred Scripture (St. …

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Ephraim Syrus: The Nisibene Hymns
Ephraim Syrus: Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh
Ephraim Syrus: Fifteen Hymns For the Feast of the Epiphany
Ephraim Syrus: The Pearl. Seven Hymns on the Faith
Ephraim Syrus: Three Homilies

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