Pastor and Laity in the Theology of Jean Gerson

Bibliographic Data

ID19949837
AuthorsD Catherine Brown (corresponding author)
Year1987
Publication date1987-03-19
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenuePastor and Laity in the Theology of Jean Gerson (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511554643
OpenAlexW2142654027
ISBN9780511554643
Open LibraryOL2723497M
LanguageEN
Citations received23

Pastor and Laity in the Theology of Jean Gerson explores the pastoral teaching of one of Europe's most influential churchmen of the early fifteenth century. Chancellor of the University of Paris from 1395 to 1429, Gerson is probably best known for his activities towards ending the Great Schism. But behind his public life lay a deep concern for the spiritual welfare of the people. Through an examination of Gerson's sermons and writings for the laity, and of his many works giving guidance to bishops and parish priests about their roles as pastors, preachers and confessors, the book throws light on what the late medieval, pre-Reformation Church was teaching the laity, and also on popular religious mentality in the period. The topics dealt with range from matters of high theological import such as justification, predestination and mysticism to the seven capital sins and all their branches, the art of preaching, women, marriage and children

Bishops · Fifteenth · Mysticism · Political science · Predestination · Protestantism · Schism · Theology · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies

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