THE BOOKS OF HOMILIES: Book 1—I. A Fruitful Exhortation to the Reading of Holy Scripture
Alastair RobertsTHE BOOKS OF HOMILIES: Book 1—I. A Fruitful Exhortation to the Reading of Holy Scripture
April 5, 2021
Alastair Roberts
For the Easter season, I am reading the Books of Homilies, using John Griffiths' 1859 edition (https://prydain.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/the_two_books_of_homilies.pdf).
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