• Apr. 13, 2007 - Paschal texts from the very early church
I am accumulating patristic text links from the early church to post on paideaclassics.org. If any one can suggest any, I would appreciate it! This post will be regularly updated as I accumulate more.
St. Melitos of Sardis Homily on Pascha,—the oldest homily known on Pascha (2nd century). It explains the theology of the Jewish Passover verses the Christian Pascha.
"The Pilgrimage of Egeria" — A 4th century nun's pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Sinai during Great Lent and Holy Pascha.
More Paschal patristic resources on the Internet
More coming as I find additional links and texts (there are quite a few in the Anti-Nicene Fathers, but I need time to do a search).
Paschal hymn attributed to St. Ambrose of Milan:
"This is our passover feast,
when Christ, the true Lamb, is slain,
whose blood consecrates the homes of all believers.
This is the night when first you saved our fathers:
led them dry shod through the sea.
This is the night when the pillar of fire destroyed the darkness of sin!
This is the night when Christians everywhere, washed clean of sin and freed from all defilement, are restored to grace and grow together in holiness.
This is the night when Jesus Christ broke the chains of death and rose triumphant from the grave." |
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