Hexaemeron

The first of four tendencies or occasions lay in the continuing efforts at exegesis of Genesis and the com - pilation of works entitled Hexaemeron or On the Six

Dictionary of the History of Ideas CHARLES TRINKAUS 1968

During the Scholastic age, too, the literal interpretation of the Hexaemeron was the prevalent one, as may be seen in the great works of Peter

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

At any rate it seems quite impossible that the well-ordered and clear account of the Hexaemeron should be the outcome of the complicated and obscure presentation of the Avesta and the Pahlavi literature.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

The Hexaemeron is the title of nine homilies delivered by St. Basil on the cosmogony of the opening chapters of Genesis.

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

One of its best examples is the "Hexaemeron" of Geogius

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Gennadius (De viris illustr., xiii) furthermore attributes to Prudentius, mistakenly perhaps, a "Hexaemeron" of which we know nothing.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

James's "Hexaemeron" is preserved in two MSS., one of which is found in Leyden, and the other in Lyons; (2) commendaries and scholia on the Sacred Writings of both

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Among the poetical creations of the earliest times must be mentioned the didactic poem "Hexaemeron", by

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

"Hexaemeron" and from a series of treatises on Genesis by Philo.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

'Hexaemeron' [200: 2] that 'the more ancient interpreters ... contemplated the sayings about paradise _spiritually_, and referred them to the

Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1858