The Church Fathers · c. 433–450
The Sermons
Peter Chrysologus · c. 380–c. 450
What it is
Around a hundred and eighty very short sermons from Ravenna, built on antithesis and wordplay, and rarely longer than a few minutes to deliver.
Why it lasted
A rare record of deliberately brief preaching in an age of long sermons, from the imperial capital of the West.
Where to read it
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