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Pastor and Laity within the Theology of Jean Gerson explores the pastoral instructing of 1 of Europe's such a lot influential churchmen of the early 15th century. Chancellor of the collage of Paris from 1395 to 1429, Gerson is maybe most sensible recognized for his actions in the direction of finishing the good Schism. yet in the back of his public existence lay a deep problem for the religious welfare of the folks. via an exam of Gerson's sermons and writings for the laity, and of his many works giving advice to bishops and parish monks approximately their roles as pastors, preachers and confessors, the booklet throws gentle on what the past due medieval, pre-Reformation Church was once educating the laity, and likewise on renowned spiritual mentality within the interval. the subjects handled variety from issues of excessive theological import equivalent to justification, predestination and mysticism to the seven capital sins and all their branches, the paintings of preaching, ladies, marriage and youngsters.
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So far we have seen Gerson following the recommendations of the Artes praedicandi, and doing so effectively. His prothemes and introductions are good, and his divisions rarely seem strained or artificial. However, there are some sermons that do not have proper divisions at all. The sermon on the Trinity with the theme 'Videmus mine per speculum in enigmate' is an example. Here Gerson, by examining the human soul (the mirror), provides evidence for the existence of God, for His unity, His nature, the three persons of the Trinity and their attributes, and of the mystical knowledge of God.
Where there is one, it generally consists simply of an exhortation and a prayer, sometimes preceded by a very brief summary of the sermon. GERSON'S FRENCH SERMONS 29 Within this largely traditional framework Gerson preached his message of moral renewal, by attacking the evils and sins of his day and pointing out to the people, whatever their station, how they could amend their lives. 136 If his sermons never consist only of an explanation of the gospel of the day, nevertheless they can be described as essentially scriptural.
There is no confirmation of parts in a number of the modern sermons in the English collection edited by Ross, and both d'Ailly and Courtecuisse sometimes offend in this way. Perhaps it was done deliberately, to avoid cluttering up sermons ad populum. 124 Of the many ways of amplification open to the 'modern' preacher Gerson most frequently proceeds by some form of analysis. 126 In a number of the sermons in the Poenitemini series he examines different types of a particular vice. Frequently he 28 THE ART OF THE PREACHER explores causes or motives.