Preaching the Christian life and faith : communication of religious education in Late Antique Latin sermons / edited by Nicol̀s Anders, Peter Gemeinhardt, and Lina Hantel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anders, Nicolas, editor.

Gemeinhardt, Peter, 1970- editor.

Hantel, Lina, editor.

Series:

SERAPHIM, Studies in education and religion in ancient and pre-modern history in the Mediterranean and its environs ; 25.

SERAPHIM : Studies in education and religion in ancient and pre-modern history in the Mediterranean and its environs, 2568-9584 ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fathers of the church--Sermons.

Fathers of the church.

Fathers of the church, Latin.

Sermons, Latin.

Christian education--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Christian education.

Church history.

church history.

Physical Description:

xiv, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

T|bingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2025]

Summary:

How was religious education taught in one of the central institutions of emerging Christianity? The contributors to this volume examine late antique sermons from the Latin West, explore how biblical content and saints were addressed in them, and how questions of Christian ethics and faith were communicated, --from back cover

Contents:

Introduction / Nicolas Anders, Peter Gemeinhardt and Linda Hantel

Preaching on biblical themes and texts

Ambrose as preacher / Marius A. van Willigen

Jerome's preaching on the Psalms, on the gospel, on the liturgical year / Francesco Pieri

The interplay of polemics and didactics in Augustine's preaching on love / Christian Tournau

Preaching on Martyrs

Merit, matter, and membership: martyrs int he teaching of Gaudentius of Brescia / Dominic Keech

The illustrious teachers of Rome: learning from the saints in the sermons of Leo the Great / Robert Edwards

Preaching on ethics

The narrative construction of Christian and communal identity in Zeno of Verona's Tractatus / Dorothee Schenk

Quam dure et amare praedicavit episcopus! Remarks on the Increpationes of Maximus of Turin ? Clemens Weidmann

Communication between ideal and reality: conveying everyday ethics in the Sermones of Caesarius of Arles / Nicolas Anders

Teaching biblical values of community in the Dialogues and Gospel Homilies of Gregory the Great / Bronwen Neil

Preaching on dogmatic issues

Dogmatics for the daily life: defining orthodoxy and fighting heresy in the sermons of Chromatius of Aquileia / Peter Gemeinhardt

Faith and heresy in the sermons attributed to Quodvultdeus of Carthage / David Voprada

Passage through hell. Preaching the resurrection and eternal life with Peter Chrysologus / Lina Hantel

Preaching in Context

How influential was Augustine's preaching in his own time? / Geoffrey D. Dunn

Methods and approaches in the study of (Latin) Patristic sermons / Johan Leemans

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9783161642326

3161642325

OCLC:

1519447056

Publisher Number:

90103564563

9783161642326