RT Book
T1 The thought of Gregory the Great
T2 Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought
A1 Evans, G.
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1986
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883382830
AB Gregory the Great was, after Augustine of Hippo, perhaps the most influential of the Fathers in the Latin West during the Middle Ages. He put Augustine's thought into a form which proved accessible and acceptable to mediaeval readers, and he added much of his own, notably in his preaching, in which he interpreted the Bible with equal emphasis on the practical living of a good Christian life and the aspiration of the soul towards God and the life to come. This study looks at Gregory's thought as a whole and tries to show what was most important to him and the way he arrived at a balance between the active and the contemplative, the 'outward' and the 'inward' in his own mind. There is a tailpiece on the influence of his ideas in later centuries.
OP 164
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BR65.G56
SN 9780511599484
K1 Gregory
K1 Gregory : I : Pope : approximately 540-604
K1 Theology : History, Middle Ages, 600-1500.
K1 Theology : History : Middle Ages, 600-1500
K1 Gregory ; I ; Pope ; approximately 540-604
K1 Theology ; History ; Middle Ages, 600-1500
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511599484