Patristic Principles for Post-Christendom Preaching

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes Alan Kreider, The Change of Conversion and the Origin of Christendom (Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 1999), xvii. Brief introductions to and English translations of the majority of these sermons are found in Edward Yarnold, SJ, The Awe-Inspiring Rites of Initiation: The Origins of the R.C.I.A., 2nd ed. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1994), 67–250. See Craig A. Satterlee, Ambrose of Milan's Method of Mystagogical Preaching (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, A Pueblo Book, 2002); Craig A. Satterlee and Lester Ruth, Creative Preaching on the Sacraments (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2001). This program was made possible by a grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship with funds provided by Lily Endowment, Inc. Ambrose of Milan, On the Sacraments 3.15. See Yarnold, The Awe-Inspiring Rites of Initiation, 126. Cyril of Jerusalem, Mystagogical Catecheses, 2.5. See Yarnold, The Awe-Inspiring Rites of Initiation, 78. Theodore of Mopsuestia, Baptismal Homilies 3.5–6. See Yarnold, The Awe-Inspiring Rites of Initiation, 183. John Chrysostom, Baptismal Homily 2.1. See Yarnold, The Awe-Inspiring Rites of Initiation, 152. Satterlee and Ruth, Creative Preaching on the Sacraments, 20. Andrew Louth, Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), 120. William Harmless, Augustine and the Catechumenate (New York: Pueblo, 1995), 362ff. Alan Kreider, The Change of Conversion and the Origin of Christendom, xv. Harmless, Augustine and the Catechumenate, 367. An earlier version of this article was published as “Patristic Principles for Post-Christendom Preaching: An Example of the History of Preaching in Service to the Church,” Currents in Theology and Mission 35, no. 4 (August 2008): 268–75. It is reprinted with permission. Additional informationNotes on contributorsCraig A. SatterleeCraig A. Satterlee is dean of the Doctor of Ministry in Preaching Program of the Association of Chicago Theological Schools. His newest book, When God Speaks through Worship: Stories Congregations Live By, is published by the Alban Institute. Visit Craig athttp://craigasatterlee.com.