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1 Online-Ressource (xi, 164 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511599484
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought 4th ser., 2
Content:
Gregory the Great was, after Augustine of Hippo, perhaps the most influential of the Fathers in the Latin West during the Middle Ages. He put Augustine's thought into a form which proved accessible and acceptable to mediaeval readers, and he added much of his own, notably in his preaching, in which he interpreted the Bible with equal emphasis on the practical living of a good Christian life and the aspiration of the soul towards God and the life to come. This study looks at Gregory's thought as a whole and tries to show what was most important to him and the way he arrived at a balance between the active and the contemplative, the 'outward' and the 'inward' in his own mind. There is a tailpiece on the influence of his ideas in later centuries.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Gregory's life -- Gregory's world of thought -- Consideration -- Talk Of God -- Gregory's world of discourse -- Language -- Signs, prophecy and miracles -- Speculative theology -- Moral theology -- The art of preaching -- The preacher -- Exegesis -- Inward And Outward: Spirituality In The World -- Light and silence -- Contemplation and action -- Monastic order -- Rectus Ordo -- The bishop -- Division.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521368261
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521309042
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521309042
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521368261
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521309042
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511599484
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