Homilies — Homily Hom i*ly, n.; pl. {Homilies}. [LL. homilia, Gr. ? communion, assembly, converse, sermon, fr. ? an assembly, fr. ? same; cf. ? together, and ? crowd, cf. ? to press: cf. F. hom[ e]lie. See {Same}.] 1. A discourse or sermon read or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Book of Common Prayer — For the novel, see A Book of Common Prayer. Part of a series on the Anglican Communion … Wikipedia
Homilies — The two books of Homilies or Sermons referred to in the XXXVth Article of Religion. The first volume was written during the reign of Edward VI, in 1542, and the second in 1563. They treat of such topics as Good Works, Repentance, Prayer, The… … American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Anglican Homilies — The Anglican Homilies (1547, 1562, and 1571) are two books of thirty three sermons developing the Reformed doctrines of the Anglican Communion in greater depth and detail than in the Thirty Nine Articles of Religion. The longer title of the… … Wikipedia
Vercelli Homilies — The Vercelli homilies is a collection of twenty three prose entries within the Vercelli book and exist as an important example of Old English prose structure, owing to the predominance of poetry within the pool of extant Old English literature.… … Wikipedia
Vercelli Book — The Vercelli Book (Vercelli, Cathedral Library, MS CXVII) is one of the oldest of the four Old English Poetic Codices. It is an anthology of Old English Prose and verse that dates back to the late 10th century. The text is stored in the cathedral … Wikipedia
Blickling homilies — The Blickling Homilies are the second largest collection of anonymous homilies written in Old English. The Blickling Homilies are said to have been written down by possibly two different scribes before the end of the tenth century. This might be… … Wikipedia
Old Icelandic Homily Book — The Old Icelandic Homily Book (Stock. Perg. 4to no. 15), also known as the Stockholm Homily Book, is one of two main collections of Old West Norse sermons; the other being the Old Norwegian Homily Book (AM 619 4to), with which it shares eleven… … Wikipedia
Old Norwegian Homily Book — The Old Norwegian Homily Book (AM 619 4to) is one of two main collections of Old West Norse sermons. The manuscript was written around 1200, contemporary with the other principal collection of sermons, the Old Icelandic Homily Book; together they … Wikipedia
Blickling Homilies — (ca. 1000) Most likely compiled sometime in the late 10th century, the collection known as the Blickling Homilies is a series of 18 sermons in OLD ENGLISH, all dealing with major feast days or saints’ days of medieval Christianity and arranged … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
