The Art of Preaching: Volume 23

by Alan of Lille and Alain de Lille

The art of preaching had become a highly formal science by the late twelfth century. Taught at universities of western Europe, the meticulous construction of sermons satisfied a scholastic desire for order and exactness.

Alan of Lille, the Doctor Universalis, was acknowledged by his contemporaries to be an exceptionally learned man. His manual on the Art of Preaching is an explanation of the theory of sermon composition as it was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879079231
• ISBN13: 9780879079239
• Release Date: July 1982
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"