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3 - The Changing Role of the Bible in Theological Discourse

from Part One - Theology in an Age of Cultural Transformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2023

By
Robert Kolb
Edited by
Kenneth G Appold  and
Nelson Minnich
Kenneth G Appold
Affiliation:
Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey
Nelson Minnich
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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Summary

The Bible permeated the medieval world. Peasants knew its stories from altar depictions; the Biblia pauperum (Bible of the poor); occasional sermons; and simple books that were viewed and sometimes read in the village. Intellectuals placed study of Scripture at the pinnacle of the curriculum of the “queen of the sciences,” theology. Priests could use postils, collections of sermons on the texts appointed for reading on Sundays and festival days, to prepare their own sermons, although they also often preached from the Legenda aurea, a collection of stories rehearsing the miraculous wonders performed by the saints.

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The Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology , pp. 35 - 47
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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