Sermons for the liturgical year : a selection of works of Hugh, Achard, Richard Maurice, Walter, and Godfrey of St. Victor, Absalom of Springiersbach, and of Maurice de Sully / Hugh Feiss, OSB, ed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141, author.

Achard, de Saint-Victor, -approximately 1171, author.

Richard, of St. Victor, -1173, author.

Walter, of Saint-Victor, active 1173, author.

Godefroy, de Saint-Victor, approximately 1125-approximately 1194, author.

Maurice, of Sully, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1120-1196, author.

Absalom, of Springiersbach, author.

Contributor:

Feiss, Hugh, editor.

Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

Series:

Victorine texts in translation ; 8.

Victorine texts in translation : exegesis, theology and spirituality from the Abbey of St Victor ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church year sermons.

Catholic Church--Sermons.

Catholic Church.

Genre:

Sermons.

Physical Description:

539 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, [2018]

Summary:

Back cover: The Canons Regular who followed the Rule of St Augustine at St Victor of Paris in the twelfth century bequeathed to subsequent generations a legacy of over 200 carefully crafted sermons for the major feasts of their liturgical year. The sermons that Maurice de Sully, bishop of Paris (1160-1196) prepared in Latin and Old French for parish priests drew on the expertise of Richard of St Victor. In this volume are sermons by Hugh, Achard, Richard, Walter, and Godfrey of St Victor, Maurice de Sully, and Absalom of Springiersbach, arranged in liturgical order. Most of these sermon appear in English for the first time.

Contents:

Prelude Hugh of St Victor

Sermons of Hugh of St Victor p. 81

Miscellanea 1.52: On the False Consolation of the World p. 83

Miscellanea 1.91: Go from Your Land and Your Kin. Sermon to the Brethren p. 87

Miscellanea 1.99: On Gratitude for Benefits God Gives / On Passing Judgment on Oneself and One's Neighbor p. 97

Miscellanea 1.113: On Recalling the Feasts of the Saints p. 105

Advent and Christmas Season

Godfrey of St Victor: Sermon for the First Sunday of the Advent of the Lord p. 111

Godfrey of St Victor: Sermon for Advent p. 133

Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 4: On the Advent of the Lord p. 153

Richard of St Victor: Sermones centum 5; On the Advent of the Lord p. 167

Godfrey of St Victor: Sermon on the Birth of the Lord p. 173

Walter of St Victor: Sermon 12: On the Birthday of the Lord p. 193

Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 10: On the Epiphany of the Lord p. 209

Walter of St Victor: Sermon 18: On the Epiphany p. 221

Feast of the Purification

Richard of St Victor: Sermones centum 41: On the Purification of Blessed Mary, Ever Virgin. Concerning Purification of the Mind p. 239

Richard of St Victor: Sermones centum 42: On the Purification of Blessed Mary. Concerning Purification of the Church p. 247

Lent and the Easter Season

Richard of St Victor: Sermones centum 43: On Septuagesima or at Another Time of Penance; concerning Seeds of Virtue to Be Planted in Us, and Roots of Vice to Be Cast out, with an Explanatory Parable Taken from the Delights of Paradise p. 257

Richard of St Victor: Sermones centum 89: On the First Sunday of Lent p. 265

Richard of St Victor: Sermones centum 44: In the Middle of Lent: concerning Jerusalem, Taken through Allegory for the Holy Church p. 271

Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 18: In Lent, Laetare p. 285

Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 25: On the Passion of the Lord p. 297

Anonymous of St Victor: Sermon 3: Of the Triple Glorification on the Holy Cross p. 307

Walter of St Victor: Sermon 2: On the Paschal Solemnity p. 317

Maurice of St Victor: Sermon 3: On the Ascension p. 327

Walter of St Victor: Sermon 8: On the Holy Spirit p. 337

Interlude: After Easter and Pentecost, Maurice de Sully

Maurice de Sully: Old French Sermons for the Liturgical Year p. 349

Sermon 18: Third Sunday after Easter p. 353

Sermon 20: Fifth Sunday after Easter p. 361

Sermon 31: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost p. 365

Sermon 32: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost p. 369

Sermon 38: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost p. 375

Feasts of Saints

Achard of St Victor: Sermon 9: On the Solemnity of St Augustine p. 385

Richard of St Victor: Sermones centum 81: On the Feast of St Gregory, about the Lampstand described in Exodus 25 p. 401

Maurice of St Victor: Sermon 1: On the Solemnity of Blessed Victor p. 413

Richard of St Victor: Three Sermons on the Feast of St Michael p. 421

Walter of St Victor: Sermon 11: On All Saints p. 439

Walter of St Victor: Sermon 19: On the Feast of All Saints p. 457

It Is Finished

Richard of St Victor: Sermones centum 100: On the Feast of the Holy Cross p. 473.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [479]-502) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

ISBN:

2503577210

9782503577210

OCLC:

1007552450