The Letters of Peter Damian, 31-60

by Peter Damian

This second volumes of the Mediaeval Continuation contains Letters 31-60 of Peter Damian. While his epistolary style is varied--exhortatory, occasional, pastoral, reforming--his message is singular and simple in urging strict adherence to the canons of the Church. Letters 31 and 40 are long treatises, each published separately in critical editions. Letter 31, also known as the Book of Gomorrah, deplores the degradation of the priesthood through the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813226376
• ISBN13: 9780813226378
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"