Publisher: Eerdman's Publishing ISBN: 9780802846198 Item #: 4606

Binding: Paperback Chapters: Page Count: 664

"By Hughes Olipant Old. This multivolume work by Hughes Oliphant Old canvasses the history of preaching from the biblical period through modern times.These books explore the theme of preaching as Christian worship, looking especially at how preachingthroughout history has been done as a sacred service. This new addition to Old's acclaimed studyof the history of preaching focuses on the MiddlesAges. Surveying the development of preaching overthe span of a thousand years, Old explores the preachers of sixth-century Byzantium, the church's mission to the barbarians, the preaching of the gospel during Charlemagne's Holy Roman Empire, the era of the great monastic orders, and the propheticpreachers of Renaissance Italy. Giving special attention to preaching greats like Bernard of Clairvaux and Bonaventure, Old provides extensive analyses of several sermons from the period in orderto show how the church presented the gospel in this little-known era."

Publication Date: 1999