Book Series Victorine Texts in Translation, vol. 8

Sermons for the Liturgical Year

Hugh Bernard Feiss

  • Pages: 539 p.
  • Size:152 x 229 mm
  • Illustrations:1 col.
  • Language(s):English, Latin
  • Publication Year:2018

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This volume makes available for the first time in English over forty Victorine sermons arranged according the Liturgical year and fully introduced and annotated, and situated in the development of the Latin sermon.

Review(s)

“Here are two more substantial volumes of the invaluable Brepols series of Victorine Texts in Translation (…) These volumes, like others in the series, are the result of collaborative effort by their contributors. They maintain the excellent standards of the series, with comprehensive references and indexes accompanying readable and exact translations. As study aids and introductions to the Victorines they could hardly be bettered and experienced specialist scholars will find much of interest and importance in them too.” (G. R. Evans, in The Journal of Theological Studies, 70/2, 2019, p. 884-885)

“Once more I have the pleasure of reviewing another volume in the Victorine Texts in Translation series (…) The quality of the binding and presentation are excellent, as one would expect from Brepols.” (Rev. Benedict M. Guevin, O.S.B., in The American Benedictine Review, 71/7, 2020, p. 118-120)

BIO

Hugh Feiss, OSB, a monk of the Monastery of the Ascension (Jerome, ID) is the managing editor of the series Victorine Texts in Translation. He is editor of volume two, On Love, and the forthcoming volume ten on the sacraments. He was co-editor of A Companion to the Abbey Saint Victor in Paris (2017). His other publications include Achard of St Victor, Works (2001) and Peter of Celle, Selected Works (1987).

Summary

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
General Introduction

PRELUDE: HUGH OF ST. VICTOR

Introduction
Miscellanea 1.52: On the False Consolation of the World
Miscellanea 1.91: Go from Your Land and Your Kin. Sermon to the Brethren
Miscellanea 1.99: On Gratitude for God’s Benefits God Gives / and on Passing Judgment on Oneself and One’s Neighbor
Miscellanea 1.113: On Recalling the Feasts of the Saints
 

ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS SEASON

Godfrey of St. Victor: Sermon for First Sunday of Advent
Godfrey of St. Victor: Sermon for Advent
Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 4: On the Advent of the Lord
Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 5: On the Advent of the Lord
Godfrey of St. Victor: Sermon on the Birth of the Lord
Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 12: On the Birthday of the Lord
Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 10: On the Epiphany of the Lord
Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 18: On the Epiphany
 

FEAST OF THE PURIFICATION
 

Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 41: On the Purification of Blessed Mary Ever Virgin.         Concerning Purification of the Mind
Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 42: On the Purification of Blessed Mary. Concerning Purification of the Church

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
Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 89: On the First Sunday of Lent
Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 44: In the Middle of Lent: concerning Jerusalem Taken through Allegory for the Holy Church
Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 18: In Lent, Laetare 
Absalom of Springiersbach: Sermon 25: On the Passion of the Lord
Anonymous of St. Victor: Sermon 3: On the Triple Glorification on the Holy Cross
Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 2: On the Paschal Solemnity
Maurice of St. Victor: Sermon 3: On the Ascension
Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 8: On the Holy Spirit
 

INTERLUDE: AFTER EASTER AND PENTECOST, MAURICE DE SULLY

Introduction
Sermons 18: Third Sunday after Easter
Sermon 20: Fifth Sunday after Easter
Sermon 31: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon 32: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon 38: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

FEASTS OF SAINTS

Achard of St. Victor: Sermon 9: On the Solemnity of St. Augustine
Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 81: On the Feast of St. Gregory, About the Lampstand described in Exodus 25.
Maurice of St. Victor: Sermon 1: On the Solemnity of Blessed Victor
Richard of St. Victor: Three Sermons on the Feast of St. Michael
Sermones centum 85: On the Solemnity of St. Michael, I, from the History of the Book of Judith
Sermones centum 86: On the Feast of St. Michael, II, likewise from the Book of Judith
Sermones centum 87: On the Feast of St. Michael, III, from the Same Book of Judith
Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 11: On All Saints
Walter of St. Victor: Sermon 19: On the Feast of All Saints

IT IS FINISHED

Richard of St. Victor: Sermones centum 100: On the Feast of the Holy Cross
Indices to Scripture, other sources, subjects, Latin words.