Maximus I. Von Turin: Die Verkundigung Eines Bischofs Der Fruhen Reichskirche Im Zeitgeschichtlichen, Gesellschaftlichen Und Liturgischen Kontext (Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements) (German Edition) - Hardcover

Merkt, Andreas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004108645 ISBN 13: 9789004108646

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 1997

Synopsis

This volume deals with the sermons of St. Maximus I, Bishop of Turin about AD 305-420. It presents an exemplary study which, besides clarifying problems of dating and authorship, points out the importance of context for an appropriate interpretation of sermon literature. The sermons are thus placed in the contexts of contemporary history, of society and of liturgy. The liturgical contextualisation forms the core of the book. The author reconstructs the liturgical year of late-Antique Turin and takes it as the basis of a detailed diachronic analysis of the bishop's preaching from advent to pentecost.
Additionally, the Feasts of the Saints are seen in their kerygmatic function. In a concluding chapter the author tackles such problems as the exegetical nature of preaching and the importance of the Bible.

About this title

About the Author:

Andreas Merkt, M.A. (1994) in Philosophy and D.Th. (1996) in Catholic Theology, University of Mainz, is assistant at the Institute for European History in Mainz.

Language Notes:

Text: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 9004108645
• ISBN 13: 9789004108646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360