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Collection: | Quadragesimale Gemma fidei |
Code: | 5/1/30 |
Liturgical day: | T20/2 Monday after Reminiscere |
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Principium omnis peccati est superbia [...] sedes ducum superborum destruxit deus (Sirach 10:15) |
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Unde in presenti sermone rursus de grecorum periculoso errore (divinio auxilio) duo declaremus salutis documenta, scilicet:
Primum de sancte Rhomane ecclesie principalitate
Secundum de Costantinopilitane ecclesie instabilitatem
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Translation: |
Hence in this sermon – with the help of God - we will discuss two salvific lessons once again about the dangerous mistake of the Greeks, namely:
First, about the primacy of the Roman church.
Second, about the instability of the Constantinopolitan church.
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The introduction underlines the spiritual pride of the Greeks. In the first part, discussing of the primacy of the Roman church (and of its orthodoxy), there is also an ample account of the Council of Florence, reporting also its documents (f. p8v-q1r).. The second part presents the history of the divisiones of the Greeks (and their heresis) by finishing the description provided by the previous two sermons. It deals also with the crusade of 1204 and with the recent events, i.e. the fall of Constantinople and the domain of the Turks. Detailed account of the profanation of Constantinople, which is framed as a just divine punishment. Final address: "O greci vani, o superbi, o elati, o maledicentes sedi sancte et obstinati, nonne ultio digna dei venit super vos ut qui obedire renuistis vicario dei iam obediatis spurce genti, intelligite itaque quod initium omnis peccati est superbia ..." (f. q4r). It follows the identification of Constantinople with the fall of Babylon in Revelation 18 and the hope that the surviving Greeks will finally see which is thr true faith. |
Summary tabula sermonum: Feria secunda post Reminiscere de Rhomane ecclesie principalitate, quam probant auctoritates, rationes et determinationes, et de Constantinopolitane ecclesie instabilitate mirabili. Et incipit: Initium omnis peccati est superbia. Fructibus et divinis iudiciis plenus sermo trigesimus.
On this sermon, see Cotoi 2023b
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