Right Thinking and Sacred Oratory in Counter-Reformation Rome

Frederick J. McGinness (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-60644-6 (ISBN)

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At the end of the sixteenth century, when painters, writers, and scientists from all over Europe flocked to Rome for creative inspiration, the city was also becoming the center of a vibrant and assertive Roman Catholic culture. Closely identified with Rome, the Counter-Reformation church sought to strengthen itself by building on Rome's symbolic value and broadcasting its cultural message loudly and skillfully to the European world. In a book that captures the texture and flavor of this rhetorical strategy, Frederick McGinness explores the new emphasis placed on preaching by Roman church leaders. Looking at the development of a sacred oratory designed to move the heart, he traces the formation of a long-lasting Catholic worldview and reveals the ingenuity of the Counter-Reformation in the transformation of Renaissance humanism. McGinness not only describes the theory of sermon-writing, but also reconstructs the circumstances, social and physical, in which sermons were delivered. The author considers how sermons blended spirituality with pious legends--for example, stories of the early martyrs--and evocative metaphors to fashion a respublica christiana of loyal Catholics.
Preachers projected a "right" view of history, social relationships, and ecclesiastical organization, while depicting a spiritual topography upon which Catholics could chart a path to salvation. At the center of this topography was Rome, a vast stage set for religious pageantry, which McGinness brings to life as he follows the homiletic representations of the city from a bastion of Christian militancy to a haven of harmony, light, and tranquility. Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Ch. 1Roman Eloquence and Christian Virtue: A Paideia for Defenders of the Respublica Christiana9Ch. 2"Vices and Virtues, Punishment and Glory": Homiletic Instructions, Sacred Rhetoric, and Zeal for the Word of God29Ch. 3"And to Heare the Maner of the Italian Preacher... ": Tridentine Rome and the Ambience of the Sacred Orator62Ch. 4"To Penetrate into the Deep-Down Things ... ": Arcana Dei and the Majesty of the Papal Liturgy87Ch. 5Right Thinking: Conformity, Militant Catholicism, and the Return to Discipline108Ch. 6Like "A Sundial Set into a Rock": The Supreme Hierarch of the Church Militant139Ch. 7From Vices to Virtues, Punishment to Glory: Rome, Civitas Sancta167Conclusion191Appendix 1: Liturgical Texts for the Feasts Celebrated by the Papal Court with a Latin Sermon193Appendix 2: List of Popes195Abbreviations Used in Notes197Notes201Bibliographical Essay321Index325

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Zusatzinfo	11 halftones
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	482 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
ISBN-10	0-691-60644-7 / 0691606447
ISBN-13	978-0-691-60644-6 / 9780691606446
Zustand	Neuware