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050 00 $aBV4208.I8$bM35 1995
082 00 $a282/.45632/09031$220
100 1 $aMcGinness, Frederick J.,$d1944-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95001107
245 10 $aRight thinking and sacred oratory in Counter-Reformation Rome /$cFrederick J. McGinness.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[1995], ©1995.
300 $axii, 337 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tRoman Eloquence and Christian Virtue: A Paideia for Defenders of the Respublica Christiana --$gCh. 2.$t"Vices and Virtues, Punishment and Glory": Homiletic Instructions, Sacred Rhetoric, and Zeal for the Word of God --$gCh. 3.$t"And to Heare the Maner of the Italian Preacher. . . ": Tridentine Rome and the Ambience of the Sacred Orator --$gCh. 4.$t"To Penetrate into the Deep-Down Things . . . ": Arcana Dei and the Majesty of the Papal Liturgy --$gCh. 5.$tRight Thinking: Conformity, Militant Catholicism, and the Return to Discipline --$gCh. 6.$tLike "A Sundial Set into a Rock": The Supreme Hierarch of the Church Militant --$gCh. 7.$tFrom Vices to Virtues, Punishment to Glory: Rome, Civitas Sancta --$tAppendix 1: Liturgical Texts for the Feasts Celebrated by the Papal Court with a Latin Sermon --$tAppendix 2: List of Popes.
520 $aAt the end of the sixteenth century, when painters, writers, and scientists from all over Europe flocked to Rome for creative inspiration, the city was also becoming the center of a vibrant and assertive Roman Catholic culture. Closely identified with Rome, the Counter-Reformation church sought to strengthen itself by building on Rome's symbolic value and broadcasting its cultural message loudly and skillfully to the European world.
520 8 $aIn a book that captures the texture and flavor of this rhetorical strategy, Frederick McGinness explores the new emphasis placed on preaching by Roman church leaders. Looking at the development of a sacred oratory designed to move the heart, he traces the formation of a long-lasting Catholic worldview and reveals the ingenuity of the Counter-Reformation in the transformation of Renaissance humanism.
520 8 $a.
520 8 $aMcGinness not only describes the theory of sermon-writing, but also reconstructs the circumstances, social and physical, in which sermons were delivered. The author considers how sermons blended spirituality with pious legends - for example, stories of the early martyrs - and evocative metaphors to fashion a respublica christiana of loyal Catholics.
520 8 $aPreachers projected a "right" view of history, social relationships, and ecclesiastical organization, while depicting a spiritual topography upon which Catholics could chart a path to salvation. At the center of this topography was Rome, a vast stage set for religious pageantry, which McGinness brings to life as he follows the homiletic representations of the city from a bastion of Christian militancy to a haven of harmony, light, and tranquility.
650 0 $aPreaching$zItaly$zRome$xHistory$y16th century.
651 0 $aRome (Italy)$xChurch history$y16th century.
650 0 $aCounter-Reformation$zItaly$zRome.
650 0 $aRhetoric.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85113628
650 0 $aChristianity and culture.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85025240
852 00 $bglx$hBV4208.I8$iM35 1995