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Published as part of the Rolls Series in 1861, these collected
letters date mainly from 1235 53, when, as bishop of Lincoln, their
author presided over the largest diocese in England. Both a
scientist and a theologian, Robert Grosseteste (c.1170 1253) boasts
what the medieval historian R. W. Southern describes as 'a rarely
paralleled breadth of intellectual interests'. His letters are
invaluably illustrative of the social conditions of the time. He
writes heatedly and earnestly on such topics as the laws concerning
illegitimacy, the condition of the Jews and the liberties of the
Church, with a violence of opinion that was 'balanced, indeed
prompted, by a deep concern for the souls of ordinary people'.
Henry Richards Luard (1825 91) puts Grosseteste's writing into
context in his preface, while useful summaries of each letter in
the contents list, and commentary provided in the side-notes, make
the Latin text accessible to modern readers.
Robert Grosseteste was an unusual and exceptional man: from the
lowest social class yet greatly admired by kings and popes; a
scientist but also a philosopher and theologian; a talented
administrator and a successful teacher; a pastor doggedly devoted
to the care of his flock but also a scholar dedicated to the
translation of early Christian fathers and Aristotle; loyal to the
pope but fearless and bold in calling for the reform of the curia.
On the Cessation of the Laws directly reflects the profundity and
originality of Grosseteste's theological work and indirectly
reveals his pastoral concerns. The work consists of four books. In
the first, Grosseteste offers arguments mostly from Scripture
against the position that he wishes to defend and then counters
these arguments with a lengthy treatment of the whole economy of
creation and salvation and the place of the Scriptures, Old and
New, in it. The second attempts to show from clear Old Testament
texts that the crucified Jesus was the savior promised in the Law.
The third is dominated by theological arguments for the incarnation
of Christ even if humanity had not sinned, and the fourth addresses
a cluster of questions that follow upon the death of the Law. In On
the Cessation of the Laws, Grosseteste draws out the theological,
christological, and soteriological issues implicit in the question
of the relationship between the Old and New Covenants.
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Copied And Edited From Mss. In The British Museum, And In The
Bodleian Library, Oxford, With Notes, Critical And Exegetical, And
Glossary.
For thousands of years, the theme of creation has exerted a
powerful fascination on people's minds. A work of critical
importance in this tradition was the Hexaemeron of Robert
Grosseteste, a study of Genesis in the light of ancient and
contemporary scientific writings. On the products of a period of
intense intellectual activity from about 1228 to 1235, the work is
deeply revealing about Grosseteste's own mind.
For thousands of years, the theme of creation has exerted a
powerful fascination on people's minds. A work of critical
importance in this tradition was the Hexaemeron of Robert
Grosseteste, a study of Genesis in the light of ancient and
contemporary scientific writings. On the products of a period of
intense intellectual activity from about 1228 to 1235, the work is
deeply revealing about Grosseteste's own mind.
Copied And Edited From Mss. In The British Museum, And In The
Bodleian Library, Oxford, With Notes, Critical And Exegetical, And
Glossary.
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++++ Elogia Patriarcharum, & Christi Jesu Dei Hominis Emanuele
Tesauro, Luigi Giuglaris, Robert Grosseteste Religion; Biblical
Biography; Old Testament; Religion / Biblical Biography / Old
Testament; Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament
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