Mediæval Preachers and Mediæval Preaching
Overview
Mediæval Preachers and Mediæval Preaching: A Series of Extracts is a survey of extracts from sermons from the Middle Ages. J.M. Neale provides an in-depth introduction to the sermons of that epoch, and then provides notes on the sermons sampled. Sermons included come from eminent Medieval preachers such as: St. Boniface, St. Bede, St. Atto of Vercell, St. Peter Damiani, St. Bruno of Aste, Peter Abaelard, Adam Scotus, Thomas à Kempis, and more.
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- Provides an introduction that prepares the reader and gives them the context to understand the translated text
- Presents a collection of sermons from noteworthy preachers in the Medieval Ages
- Offers a look at the preaching style, and sermon topics of the Middle Ages
- Venerable Bede
- S. Boniface: Apostle of Germany (AD 680–754)
- S. Hrabanus Mauris (AD 776–856)
- S. Atto of Verceil
- S. Peter Damiani
- S. Anselm
- S. Ivo of Chartres
- S. Bruno or Aste
- Hildebert, Archbishop of Tours (1057–1134)
- Peter Abaelard (AD 1079–1142)
- Guarric, Abbat of Igniac
- S. Aelred (Died 1166)
- Adam Scotus (Circ. 1160)
- Peter, Bishop of Chartres
- Peter of Blois
- B. Ogerius (about 1200)
- S. Antony of Padua
- S. Bonaventura (AD 1201–1274)
- B. Albertus Magnus (1205–1280)
- Thomas A. Kempis
- Antonio Vieyra
Top Highlights
“In the eagle the subtle intelligence of saints and their sublime contemplation is set forth; for they turn towards the aspect of the true Sun, to the light of wisdom, their young, that is, their works, in order that if anything which becomes not their extraction should be concealed there, it may be brought to light by the splendour of the sun. For all iniquity is made manifest by the light. Whence, if they see that any work of their’s cannot rightly look at the sun, and is confounded by its rays and weeps, they immediately slay it.” (Page 235)
“See! the ladder is set up! why do ye not ascend? Why do ye creep with your hands and feet upon the earth? Ascend, therefore, because Jacob sees angels ascending and descending by the ladder. Ascend, O angels, O prelates of the Church, O faithful of Jesus Christ, ascend, I say, to contemplate how gracious the Lord is! Ascend, to assist; ascend, to consult; for of these things your neighbour stands in need.” (Page 229)
“This is the way, and there is none other; the right way, the holy way, the perfect way, the way of Christ, the way of the just, the way of the elect that shall be saved. Walk in it, persevere in it, endure in it, live in it, die in it, breathe forth your spirits in it.” (Page 293)
“The Word of God is so powerful, and so efficacious, that it not only brings forth fruit in good ground, but even on rocks and among thorns. But if the words of the preachers are not the Word of God, what wonder if they have not the efficacy and effect of the Word?” (Page 335)
“Wretched are they, indeed, who cannot obtain that vengeance which, in their impatience, they desire! On the contrary, blessed was Christ, Who willingly endured His Passion, and would not take that vengeance on His persecutors which He might have taken!” (Page 120)
A remarkable book; chiefly valuable to clergymen of all persuasions, but not without interest to the literary student, or the thoughtful frequenter of public worship.
—The Living Age
- Title: Mediæval Preachers and Mediæval Preaching: A Series of Extracts
- Author: J.M. Neale
- Publisher: J. & C. Mozley
- Publication Date: 1856
- Pages: 340
- Christian Group: Anglican
- Resource Type: Sermons
- Topic: Medieval Period
John Mason Neale was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge where he founded the Cambridge Camden Society (later known as the Ecclesiological Society). He was also the principal founder of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association, a religious organization founded as the Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches Union in 1864. A well known hymnist and translator, his works include An Introduction to the History of the Holy Eastern Church, Essays on Liturgiology and Church History, and O come, O come, Emmanuel.