'This is an important book for the history of the Messalian controversy and even more so for the history of Christian spirituality by the light its main chapters throw on the specialized terminology and imagery of Syrian spirituality.' ADRIS Newsletter, 1991-1992 'a major step toward exposing the origins and milieu of Messalianism in syrian christian culture' Cistercian Studies Quarterly, Vol. ... Read more28, 1993, No. 1 'In this new and brilliant study, Fr Columba Stewart attempts to get behind the stereotypes that have haunted discussion of the Macarian Homilies and make a fresh start. As befits such an important work of scholarship, the text is very nearly immaculate, with no mistakes at all that I could detect in the Greek.' Andrew Louth, Journal of Theological Studies, Vol. 44, No. 1, April 1993 The author draws succinct conclusions that are by no means overstated. What we see with clearer traits thanks to the author's meticulous exposition is an imperial Church still in the process of endowing itself with structures, liturgical and spiritual norms, doctrinal definitions and a clear and stately role in the world ... This is an impressive work with far reaching implications which ... open up vistas for a genuine and profound ecumenism ... the publication does honour to Oxford University and its press.
Anthony Ward, S.M., Ephemerides Liturgicae 108 (1994)
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