Preaching the Name: the influence of a sermon on the Holy Name of Christ

This article discusses a unique fifteenth-century sermon which provides important evidence for the development and transmission of the cult of the Holy Name and the place of Rollean mysticism within it. The author of the sermon was an Augustinian canon who sought to bring monastic ideals to an urban...

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Published in:Journal of medieval history 2014-04, Vol.40 (2), p.195-208
Main Author: Depold, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Augustinian order
cult of the Holy Name
England
mysticism
Richard Rolle
sermons
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Summary:This article discusses a unique fifteenth-century sermon which provides important evidence for the development and transmission of the cult of the Holy Name and the place of Rollean mysticism within it. The author of the sermon was an Augustinian canon who sought to bring monastic ideals to an urban and knightly audience. His sermon offers guidance on the contemplative life, echoing the mysticism of Richard Rolle and promoting a personified Holy Name of Christ as an active agent of salvation. There are martial elements to the sermon which suggest an imagined audience including, but not limited to, the knightly class.
ISSN:0304-4181
1873-1279
DOI:10.1080/03044181.2014.895914