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The Letters of Peter Damian 61-90 - The Fathers of the Chuch (Hardcover)
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The Letters of Peter Damian 61-90 - The Fathers of the Chuch (Hardcover)
Series: Mediaeval Continuation
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Peter Damian (1007-1072), an eleventh-century monk and man of
letters, left a large and significant body of correspondence. Over
one hundred and eighty letters have been preserved, principally
from Damian's own monastery of Fonte Avellana. Ranging in length
from short memoranda to longer monographs, the letters provide a
contemporary account of many of the controversies of the eleventh
century: purgatory, the Eucharist, clerical marriage and celibacy,
immorality, and others. Peter Damian, or ""Peter the Sinner"" as he
often referred to himself, was one of the most learned men of his
day, and his letters are filled with both erudition and zeal for
reform. This third volume of The Letters of Peter Damian is a
careful, fluent, and annotated translation of Letters 61-90. These
letters reveal the author's concern with the contemporary need for
reforms, centering on clerical, especially episcopal, celibacy and
on the ""heresy"" of simony which involved the purchase of
ecclesiastical offices. In Letter 89, for example, Damian addresses
the Selvismatic attempt of antipope Honorius II (Cadalus of Parma)
to circumvent the election of Alexander II by the newly organized
college of cardinal bishops. Also, among the letters here presented
are several of a highly spiritual, even mystical content. These
letters demonstrate that this active reformer was at heart a
solitary soul who, when away from home, longed for his ""beloved
solitude,"" where he could practice the contemplative life.
Eventually, Damian grew weary of his efforts at reform and asked to
be retired from his office of cardinal bishop of Ostia. Because
Damian's Latin was a living language that surpasses the ability of
classical Latin lexicography to cope with it, all disciplines that
make use of medieval thought will welcome this English translation.
Owen J. Blum's thorough notes to each letter indicate the
vocabulary problems he encountered and how they were resolved. This
third volume, like its companions, uses Damian's thought to
understand an important and gripping period in the history of
church and state. With these intimate revelations into his
character and motivation, readers may more readily appreciate
Damian's total dedication to his mission.
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