The Thought of Gregory the Great (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, Series Number 2) – G.R. Evans Gratis Verzending

Gregory the Great was, after Augustine of Hippo, perhaps the most influential of the Fathers in the Latin West during the Middle Ages. He put Augustine’s thought into a form which proved accessible and acceptable to mediaeval readers, and he added much of his own, notably in his preaching, in which he interpreted the Bible with equal emphasis on the practical living of a good Christian life and the aspiration of the soul towards God and the life to come. This study looks at Gregory’s thought as a whole and …