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The Letters of Peter Damian 31-60 - The Fathers of the Chuch (Hardcover)
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The Letters of Peter Damian 31-60 - The Fathers of the Chuch (Hardcover)
Series: Mediaeval Continuation
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This second volumes of the Mediaeval Continuation contains Letters
31-60 of Peter Damian. While his epistolary style is
varied--exhortatory, occasional, pastoral, reforming--his message
is singular and simple in urging strict adherence to the canons of
the Church. Letters 31 and 40 are long treatises, each published
separately in critical editions. Letter 31, also known as the Book
of Gomorrah, deplores the degradation of the priesthood through the
vice of sodomy and appeals to Pope Leo IX to educate and purge the
clergy. Letter 40, perhaps his most celebrated work, is also called
the Liber gratissimus. In it Peter Damian opposes the reordination
of those ordained simonists but writes that simonists are ""worthy
of the supreme punishment that befits the incorrigible."" The very
early reference to the ""heart of Jesus"" which is found in this
letter was anticipated only by the Venerable Bede. Among the more
personal letters are 55 and 57. In the former he writes of a long,
debilitating illness, so serious that funeral preparations had been
made, and of his immediate recovery when his brethren gave food to
one hundred poor people. In the latter, he begs to be relieved of
the administration of the diocese of Gubbio because of ill health,
so that he may return to Fonte Avellana and his ""beloved
solitude."" He also makes many references to folkloric tales and,
perhaps, the earliest reference to the game of chess in Western
literature. Letter 58 to Henry the archbishop of Ravenna in 1058 is
the best example in the collection of Peter Damian's political and
ecclesiastical influence. In it he gives his opinion of Benedict X
and Nicholas II, the two candidates for the Apostolic See. He makes
no effort to conceal his strong opinions but rather requests that
this letter be made public so that all may learn what he has
thought about the subject. This is perhaps, after all, what he
would have hoped for the entire collection.
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