Saint Bernadine of Siena
Saint Bernadine of Siena
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In addition to which, the exact record of this maze of somewhat intricate theology, with its divisions and subdivisions, with its mass of Latin quotations from the Scriptures or the Fathers, certainly supposes in the reporter a literary education of the kind enjoyed by few fullers. It is true that at that time in democratic Italy the working classes were possessed of a much higher degree of culture than that distinguishing them nowadays. In Siena it was, moreover, customary for noblemen to have... their names enrolled on the list of gildsmen from political motives, in order, by so doing, to escape the decrees of banishment directed against the upper classes, and for several reasons Benedetto has been supposed to have been amongst the number.^ Another and not improbable supposition is that the preacher him- self came to the scribe's aid, since, knowing that his sermons were to be recorded, he would naturally have taken interest in the work, as is plainly shown by various passages wherein he calls on " him who writes " to pay heed to some specially intricate argument, complicated grouping, or Biblical quotation.* On one particular occa- sion, indeed, we find him repeating an exceptionally lengthy text twice over for the benefit of "him who writes."^ ^ Cf.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In addition to which, the exact record of this maze of somewhat intricate theology, with its divisions and subdivisions, with its mass of Latin quotations from the Scriptures or the Fathers, certainly supposes in the reporter a literary education of the kind enjoyed by few fullers. It is true that at that time in democratic Italy the working classes were possessed of a much higher degree of culture than that distinguishing them nowadays. In Siena it was, moreover, customary for noblemen to have... their names enrolled on the list of gildsmen from political motives, in order, by so doing, to escape the decrees of banishment directed against the upper classes, and for several reasons Benedetto has been supposed to have been amongst the number.^ Another and not improbable supposition is that the preacher him- self came to the scribe's aid, since, knowing that his sermons were to be recorded, he would naturally have taken interest in the work, as is plainly shown by various passages wherein he calls on " him who writes " to pay heed to some specially intricate argument, complicated grouping, or Biblical quotation.* On one particular occa- sion, indeed, we find him repeating an exceptionally lengthy text twice over for the benefit of "him who writes."^ ^ Cf.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Paul Thureau Dangin to read onlineMoreLess
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