Eight Homilies on the Praises of Blessed Mary / / Amadeus of Lausanne.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Lausanne, Amadeus of,
• MitwirkendeR: OCSO, M. Chrysogonus Waddell,; Perigo, Grace,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Monastic Studies Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (121 p.)

Amadeus became a monk of Clairvaux in 1125, just about the time its abbot, Bernard, began to be noticed by the Church at large. After twenty years in the cloister, Amadeus became bishop of the troubled diocese of Lausanne. Reform and renewal did not come easily. Amid political skullduggery, as well as the demands of pastoral and administrative duties, Bishop Amadeus managed to write–perhaps to preach–these eight homilies in praise of Mary. Formed as a monk under the charismatic influence of Saint Bernard, Amadeus retained a distinctive piety which finds eloquent expression in this series of sermons, almost all that survives from his pen.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- AMADEUS OF LAUSANNE AND HIS EIGHT HOMILIES ON THE PRAISES OF BLESSED MARY -- HOMILY I: The Blessed Virgin Mary and Our Salvation -- HOMILY II: Mary's Progress in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit -- HOMILY III: The Annunciation and the Incarnation -- HOMILY IV: The Birth of Christ -- HOMILY V: Mary at the Passion of Christ -- HOMILY VI: The Paschal Banquet -- HOMILY VII: Mary’s Death and Assumption into Heaven -- HOMILY VIII: Mary’s Love and Concern for Us -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INDEX (Arabie numerals refer to pages) -- INDEX OF PERSONS