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Scholarship has recognized fifteenth-century speculative thinker Nicholas of Cusa for his early contributions to conciliar theory, but not his later ecclesiastical career as cardinal, residential bishop, preacher, and reformer. Richard Serina shows that, as bishop in the Tyrolese diocese of Brixen from 1452 to 1458, and later as resident cardinal in Rome, Nicolas of Cusa left a testament to his view of reform in the sermons he preached to monks, clergy, and laity. These 171 sermons, in addition to his Reformatio generalis of 1459, reflect an intellectual coming to terms with the challenge of reform in the late medieval church, and in response creatively incorporating metaphysics, mystical theology, ecclesiology, and personal renewal into his preaching of reform.

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Author:   Richard J. Serina
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   182
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.543kg
ISBN:  

9789004321724

ISBN 10:   9004321721
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   25 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations Timeline: Life and Major Works Timeline: Brixen and Roman Reforms Chapter One: Introduction Cusanus and Late Medieval Reform Interpretations of the Later Cusanus Reform Ideas and the Brixen Sermons Chapter Two: The Ecclesiastical Context of the Brixen Sermons Cusanus and the Brixen Episcopate Cusanus as Bishop of Brixen Conflicts of Authority in the Tyrol Reforms of the Brixen Episcopate Sermons of the Brixen Episcopate Chapter Three: The Intellectual Context of the Brixen Sermons Cusanus and the Dionysian Hierarchies Dionysian Hierarchies in the Early Conciliarism Dionysian Hierarchies after the Papal Turn Dionysian Hierarchies during the Brixen Episcopate Dionysian Hierarchies, Church Hierarchy, and the Brixen Sermons Chapter Four: Images of Church and Reform in the Brixen Sermons Reform Ideas in the Brixen Sermons Corpus Mysticum as Image of the Church Christiformitas as Image of Personal Reform Corpus Mysticum, Christiformitas, and the Dionysian Hierarchies Chapter Five: Monastic Reform in the Brixen Sermons Monastic Reform and the Brixen Religious 1453 Monastic Visitation Sermons 1454 Monastic Visitation Sermons 1455 Monastic Visitation Sermons 1457 Monastic Visitation Sermons Preaching Monastic Reform in Brixen Chapter Six: Pastoral Reform in the Brixen Sermons Pastoral Reform and the Brixen Clergy 1453 Synodal Sermon 1454 Synodal and Chapter Visitation Sermons 1455 Synodal Sermon 1457 Synodal Sermon Preaching Pastoral Reform in Brixen Chapter Seven: Pastoral Reform in Rome Reform in Renaissance Rome Cusanus in Rome 1459 Roman Synodal Sermon 1459 Roman Visitation Sermons 1459 Reformatio Generalis Preaching Pastoral Reform in Rome Chapter Eight: Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Nicholas of Cusa's Brixen Sermons and Late Medieval Church Reform is a well-written and accessible work that will not only be of great use to Cusanus specialists, but enjoyed by anyone interested in a lively account of some of the most colorful episodes in fifteenth-century social and religious history. Meredith Ziebart. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 4 (Winter 2017), pp. 1589-1590.

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Richard J. Serina, Jr., Ph.D. (2014), Concordia Seminary-St. Louis, teaches religion at Concordia College-New York. He writes on Nicholas of Cusa, church reform and ecclesiology in the late Middle Ages and Reformation, and medieval backgrounds to the Reformation.

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