{"product_id":"9789042936959-the-homiliae-toletanae-and-the-theology-of-lent-and-easter","title":"The Homiliae Toletanae and the Theology of Lent and Easter","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book takes seriously the need for a two-fold shift in methodology       within the field of liturgical studies and serves as a model for future       historical work. The first shift necessary in liturgical studies is a       shift to sources other than the central liturgical texts, i.e. the       Missal, breviary, lectionary, and books of rites. The second shift       necessary in the field is a greater appreciation of the diversity of       liturgical celebrations within the Church. In order to engage in such a       study, this book analyzes a non-traditional liturgical source within a       little-studied liturgical tradition. The source that provides the       basis for this study is the Homiliae Toletanae (British Library,       Add. 30853), a homiliary for Mass found in the Hispano-Mozarabic Rite.       The Homiliae Toletanae dates to circa the seventh\/eighth       centuries and survives in one tenth\/eleventh-century manuscript. It       contains homilies for every major temporal and sanctoral feast in the       calendar of Toledo. The Homiliae Toletanae is a valuable       manuscript for reconstructing and understanding the liturgical practices       of seventh\/eighth-century Toledo. This study looks only at the Lenten       homilies found within the Homiliae Toletanae in order to       supplement what is already known about the Lenten practices of late       Visigothic and early Mozarabic Spain. In reconstructing the practices of       Lent in seventh\/eighth-century Spain, this study explores the two major       themes of Lent, penance and initiation, and their relationship to one       another. It reflects on what some scholars consider a crisis in the       thematic understanding of Lent in the seventh\/eighth centuries. Coupled       with this crisis is a shift from adult initiation to infant initiation       in this period. This study argues that this crisis of meaning and the       subsequent shift to a more penitential understanding of Lent was a       direct result of the decline in adult initiation in this period. The       dominant role that fasting and almsgiving played in the Lenten life of       late Visigothic and early Mozarabic Spain is also analyzed. In       order to conduct this study, this volume utilizes textual criticism as       well as the comparative method in liturgical studies. The comparative       method is based on the work of Anton Baumstark, the Mateos School, and       Paul Bradshaw. This method is used to reconstruct liturgical practices       based on the manuscript evidence. The first part of this book       contextualizes the Homiliae Toletanae within the larger       Hispano-Mozarabic and Christian tradition, and discusses its origin,       dating, composition, and general content. The second part of this book       is an in-depth look at the twenty-three homilies of Lent found within       the Homiliae Toletanae. The goal of this volume is to show       that liturgical traditions, like the Hispano-Mozarabic Rite, have a       profound creativity and uniqueness. Their patrimony is rich, and they       contain many liturgical insights, both historically and pastorally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55171250323830,"sku":"9789042936959","price":58.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_11957247_19684528_20241209055049.jpg?v=1737420270","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9789042936959-the-homiliae-toletanae-and-the-theology-of-lent-and-easter","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}