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1 online resource (xxiv, 310 pages) |
Series |
The Fathers of the church. Mediaeval continuation ; v. 7 |
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Fathers of the church. Mediaeval continuation ; v. 7
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Contents |
CONTENTS -- Introduction, by Irven M. Resnick -- Abbreviations -- Select Bibliography -- Concordance -- LETTER 151 -- LETTER 152 -- LETTER 153 -- LETTER 154 -- LETTER 155 -- LETTER 156 -- LETTER 157 -- LETTER 158 -- LETTER 159 -- LETTER 160 -- LETTER 161 -- LETTER 162 -- LETTER 163 -- LETTER 164 -- LETTER 165 -- LETTER 166 -- LETTER 167 -- LETTER 168 -- LETTER 169 -- LETTER 170 -- LETTER 171 -- LETTER 172 -- LETTER 173 -- LETTER 174 -- LETTER 175 -- LETTER 176 -- LETTER 177 -- LETTER 178 -- LETTER 179 -- LETTER 180 |
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IndicesIndex of Proper Names -- Index of Sacred Scripture |
Summary |
"This volume concludes the series of Peter Damian's Letters in English translation. Among Letters 151-180 readers will find some of Damian's most passionate exhortations on behalf of eremitic ideals. These include Letter 152, in which Damian defends as consistent with the spirit and the letter of Benedict's Rule his practice of receiving into the eremitic life monks who had abandoned their cenobitic communities. In Letter 153 Damian encourages monks at Pomposa to pass beyond the minimum standards established in the Rule of St. Benedict for the higher and more demanding eremitic vocation. In Letter 165, addressed to a hermit, Albizo, and a monk, Peter, Damian reveals as well the importance of monastic life to the world: because the integrity of the monastic profession has weakened, the world has fallen even deeper into an abyss of sin and corruption and is rushing headlong to destruction. Let monks and hermits take refuge within the walls of the monastery, he urges, while outside the advent of Antichrist seems imminent. Only from within their walls can they project proper examples of piety and sanctity that may transform the world as a whole." "Damian was equally concerned to address the moral condition of the larger Church. Letter 162 represents the last of Damian's four tracts condemning clerical marriage (Nicolaitism). Damian's condemnation of Nicolaitism also informed his rejection of Cadalus, the antipope Honorius II (see Letters 154 and 156), who was said to support clerical marriage, thereby casting Damian into the center of a storm of ecclesiastical (and imperial) politics from which he never completely extricated himself."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Notes |
Letters 151-180 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 26, 2020) |
Subject |
Peter Damian, Saint, 1007?-1072 -- Correspondence
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SUBJECT |
Correspondence (Peter Damian, Saint) fast |
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Christian saints -- Italy -- Correspondence
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- History.
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Christian saints
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Italy
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Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Blum, Owen J., 1912-1998.
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ISBN |
9780813216003 |
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0813216001 |
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