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- Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris
- Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One Preliminaries
- Part Two Thomas Aquinas
- 4 Rigans Montes
- 5 Hic Est Liber
- 6 Thomas’s Student Prologues
- 7 After Inception
- 8 I Have Seen the Lord
- 9 Aquinas, Sermo Modernus–Style Preaching, and Biblical Commentary
- Part Three Bonaventure
- Appendix 1 Outlines of the Divisiones Textus of the Books of the Bible from the Inception Resumptio Addresses of Four Thirteenth-Century Masters
- Works Cited
- Index
7 - After Inception
Early and Late Prologues
from Part Two - Thomas Aquinas
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2021
- Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris
- Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval Paris
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One Preliminaries
- Part Two Thomas Aquinas
- 4 Rigans Montes
- 5 Hic Est Liber
- 6 Thomas’s Student Prologues
- 7 After Inception
- 8 I Have Seen the Lord
- 9 Aquinas, Sermo Modernus–Style Preaching, and Biblical Commentary
- Part Three Bonaventure
- Appendix 1 Outlines of the Divisiones Textus of the Books of the Bible from the Inception Resumptio Addresses of Four Thirteenth-Century Masters
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
We have seen that writing prologues was a key part of a young developing master’s education. Thomas wrote prologues to his cursory biblical commentaries and to his Sentences commentary. He was also required to deliver two prologues – two principia – during his inception as a master, one at his principium in aula and the other at his resumptio, both of which were to be in praise of the sacred Scriptures. All were crafted in the sermo modernus style, which was the style of preaching that had become customary – indeed standard – by the late thirteenth century. Other than in his sermons, did this style of composition continue to influence Thomas after his inception as a master? The answer is yes.
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- Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Medieval ParisPreaching, Prologues, and Biblical Commentary, pp. 151 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021