ENG

Letters 1-30

By Damian , Owen J. , O.F.M. , St. Peter & Blum

Book information

Publisher
Catholic University of America Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9780813226361
LCC
BX 4700 .P77 A4 1989 v. 1
Google Books ID
MoGADwAAQBAJ
Language
eng
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19685888 bytes)
Series
Fathers of the Church, Mediaeval Continuation
Volume
1.0
Pages
\338
Time added
2024-05-25 20:53:06
Christian ChurchChristian TheologygeneralLeadershipReligion

Description

Peter Damian (1007-1072), an eleventh-century monk and man of letters, left a large and significant body of correspondence. Over one hundred and eighty letters have been preserved, principally from Damian's own monastery of Fonte Avellana. Ranging in length from short memoranda to longer monographs, the letters provide a contemporary account of many of the controversies of the eleventh century: purgatory, the Eucharist, clerical marriage and celibacy, immorality, and others. Peter Damian, or "Peter the Sinner" as he often referred to himself, was one of the most learned men of his day, and his letters are filled with both erudition and zeal for reform.

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