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The Old English Pastoral Care (Hardcover)
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The Old English Pastoral Care (Hardcover)
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
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The Book of Pastoral Rule, or Liber regulae pastoralis, by Pope
Gregory the Great-the pontiff responsible for the conversion of the
English to Christianity beginning in 597-is a guide for aspiring
bishops. Pope Gregory explains who ought and who ought not seek
such a position and advises on what sort of spiritual guidance a
bishop should provide to those under his direction. The Old English
Pastoral Care, a translation of Gregory's treatise completed
between 890 and 896, is described in a prefatory letter by King
Alfred the Great as his own work, composed with the assistance of
his bishops and chaplains. It appears to be the first of the
Alfredian translations into Old English of Latin texts deemed
necessary for the revitalization of the English Church, which had
been ravaged by the depredations of Scandinavian invaders during
the ninth century and by the decline of clerical competence in
Latin. This new edition and translation into modern English is the
first to appear in a century and a half.
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