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Corpus Christianorum in Translation, vol. 47
Paschasius Radbertus
On the Virgin Birth and On the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mark G. Vaillancourt
- Pages: approx. 164 p.
- Size:156 x 234 mm
- Language(s):Latin, English
- Publication Year:2024
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The first English translation of two important Mariological treatises by the noted Carolingian theologian Paschasius Radbertus
BIO
Fr. Mark Vaillancourt is the author of several works on Eucharistic theology and translator of Paschasius Radbertus’s treatise on the Eucharist, De corpore et sanguine Domini (Corpus Christianorum in Translation, vol. 34). He is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, pastor of St. Mary the Assumption parish in Katonah, New York, and the President and Principal of John F. Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School located in Somers, New York.
Summary
On the Virgin Birth and On the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary are two key Mariological treatises by the ninth-century Carolingian theologian Paschasius Radbertus. Written at a time when scholarship and erudition during the Carolingian Renaissance were at their height and prominence in the great monastery of Corbie, these two works offer important insights into ninth-century reception of the doctrines of Mary’s perpetual virginity and her assumption into heaven. Written for the nuns of the monastery of Notre-Dame de Soissons, they also provide important source material for the study of female spirituality during the Carolingian Reformation era.
This work presents for the first time an English translation with introduction and commentary of these texts, based on the critical editions found in Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediaevalis (CC CM, 56C). References to the corresponding pages of the Corpus Christianorum edition are provided in the margins of this translation.
