"...these translations thus supersede former ones...if the
introductions, translations, and other apparatus of the rest of the
series are of the same high quality, the series will be
indispensable for most libraries." Library Journal Hildegard of
Bingen: Scivias translated by Mother Columbia Hart and Jane Bishop
introduced by Barbara J. Newman prefaced by Caroline Walker Bynum I
saw a great mountain the color of iron, and enthroned on it. One of
such great glory that it blinded my sight. On each side of him
there extended a soft shadow, like a wing of wondrous breadth and
length. Before him, at the foot of the mountain, stood an image
full of eyes on all sides, in which, because of those eyes, I could
discern no human form. Hildegard of Bingen(1098-1179) Hildegard of
Bingen, twelfth-century German nun, mystic, prophet and political
moralist, was widely consulted as an oracle and wrote prolifically
on doctrinal matters, as well as on secular matters like medicine,
She publicly preached monastic reform, founded two nunneries, and
was embroiled in the politics surrounding popes and anti-popes.
Scivias, her major religious work, consists of twenty-six visions,
which are first se down literally as she saw them, and are the
explained exegetically. A few of the topic covered in the visions
are the charity of Christ, the nature of the universe, the kingdom
of God, the fall of man, sanctification, and the end of the world.
Special emphasis is given to the sacraments of marriage and the
Eucharist, in response to the Cathar heresy. As a group the visions
form a theological summa of Christian doctrine. At the end of the
Scivias are hymns of praise and a short play, probably an early
draft of Ordo virtutum, the first known morality play. Hildegard is
remarkable for being able to unite " vision with doctrine, religion
with science, charismatic jubilation with prophetic indignation,
and longing for social order with quest for social justice." This
volume elucidates the life of medieval women, and is a striking
example of a special form of Christian spirituality.
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