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Nicholas of Cusa's Brixen sermons and late medieval church reform / by Richard J. Serina, Jr.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Serina, Richard J., Jr., author.
Series:
Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; volume 182.
Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; volume 182
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464--Sermons.
Nicholas.
Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464. Reformatio generalis.
Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464.
Church renewal--Catholic Church--History.
Church renewal.
Conciliar theory--History.
Conciliar theory.
History.
Church renewal--Catholic Church.
Brixen (Ecclesiastical principality)--Church history.
Brixen (Ecclesiastical principality).
Genre:
Sermons.
Physical Description:
xiv, 257 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Contents:
1 Introduction 1
Cusanus and Late Medieval Reform 4
Interpretations of the Later Cusanus 9
Reform Ideas and the Brixen Sermons 15
2 The Ecclesiastical Context of the Brixen Sermons 21
Cusanus and the Brixen Episcopate 21
Cusanus as Bishop of Brixen 24
Conflicts of Authority in Brixen 33
Reforms of the Brixen Episcopate 38
Sermons of the Brixen Episcopate 46
3 The Intellectual Context of the Brixen Sermons 53
Cusanus and the Dionysian Hierarchies 53
Dionysian Hierarchies in the Early Conciliarism 56
Dionysian Hierarchies after the Papal Turn 61
Dionysian Hierarchies during the Brixen Episcopate 68
Dionysian Hierarchies, Church Hierarchy, and the Brixen Sermons 73
4 Images of Church and Reform in the Brixen Sermons 78
Reform Ideas in the Brixen Sermons 78
Corpus Mysticam as Image of the Church 80
Christiformitas as Image of Personal Reform 99
Corpus Mysticum, Christiformitas, and the Dionysian Hierarchies 117
5 Monastic Reform in the Brixen Sermons 123
Monastic Reform and the Brixen Religious 123
1453 Monastic Visitation Sermons 126
1454 Monastic Visitation Sermons 130
1455 Monastic Visitation Sermons 137
1457 Monastic Visitation Sermons 144
Preaching Monastic Reform in Brixen 153
6 Pastoral Reform in the Brixen Sermons 156
Pastoral Reform and the Brixen Clergy 156
1453 Synodal Sermon 159
1454 Synodal and Chapter Visitation Sermons 163
1455 Synodal Sermon 170
1457 Synodal Sermon 176
Preaching Pastoral Reform in Brixen 185
7 Pastoral Reform in Rome 188
Reform in Renaissance Rome 188
Cusanus in Rome 190
1459 Roman Synodal Sermon 195
1459 Roman Visitation Sermons 203
1459 Reformatio Generatis 211
Preaching Pastoral Reform in Rome 221
8 Conclusion 224.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contains:
Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464. Works. Selections. English.
Other Format:
Online version: Serina, Richard J., Jr., author. Nicholas of Cusa's Brixen sermons and late medieval church reform.
ISBN:
9789004321724
9004321721
OCLC:
951955327

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