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Slovene Sermon in Slovenian Baroque Period and the Orders’ Provinces: Between Rhetoric Tradition and Monastic Charisma
Author(s):Matija Ogrin
Co-author(s):Gregor Jenuš (gl. in odg. ur.), Dunja Mušič (teh. ur.), Petra Markuš (prev.), Tanja Martelanc (foto.)
Leto:2017
Publisher(s):Arhivsko društvo Slovenije, Ljubljana
Source(s):Arhivi, 2017, št. 2
Language(s):slovenščina
Type(s) of material:text
Keywords:ČLANKI IN RAZPRAVE, redovništvo, barok, pridiga, kapucini, frančiškani, jezuiti, avguštinci, dominikanci, ARTICLES AND PAPERS, Monasticism, Baroque, sermon, Capuchins, Franciscans, Jesuits, Augustines, Dominicans
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Baroque sermon in Slovene language was created by monks. When they were proclaiming the Gospel, monks were given basic guidance according to monastic rules by order province, on the other hand, the province firmly embedded them into Slovenian lands and continually relocated them to other areas. Specific monastic vision of Gospel message or order charisma on one side and sermonic-rhetorical tradition on the other were joined in Slovenian Baroque sermon, while also reaching very remote areas, firmly taking root in Slovene people’s spirituality.
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- identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/11686/41530
- title
- Slovenska pridiga baročne dobe in redovne province: med retoričnim izročilom in redovniško karizmo
- Slovene Sermon in Slovenian Baroque Period and the Orders’ Provinces: Between Rhetoric Tradition and Monastic Charisma
- creator
- Matija Ogrin
- contributor
- Gregor Jenuš (gl. in odg. ur.)
- Dunja Mušič (teh. ur.)
- Petra Markuš (prev.)
- Tanja Martelanc (foto.)
- subject
- ČLANKI IN RAZPRAVE
- redovništvo
- barok
- pridiga
- kapucini
- frančiškani
- jezuiti
- avguštinci
- dominikanci
- ARTICLES AND PAPERS
- Monasticism
- Baroque
- sermon
- Capuchins
- Franciscans
- Jesuits
- Augustines
- Dominicans
- description
- Baroque sermon in Slovene language was created by monks. When fulfilling evangelical mission, order’s province set out the manner of friar’s work in full accordance with the charisma of its order. On the other hand, preaching monks took the content and form of their texts from the rich homiletic and rhetoric tradition from antiquity to modernity. With Slovenian Baroque sermon the order’s province embedded both elements in concrete space and time of Slovenian lands where friars were fulfilling their duties. From the facts presented above we can summarize the following conclusions. The internal impact of a province. In every order, be it Jesuits, Capuchins, or Franciscans, preachers were traveling from town to town, market town, and villages. Even Janez Svetokriški was initially active in Styria, then in Vipava, Trieste, Ljubljana, and Lower Carniola; similarly as others. Because they were circulating within an order’s province amongst extremely varied dialects, province raised monks’ awareness of the need for standard dialect, a higher linguistic norm for proclaiming and writing sermons. Inherent to monastic needs was the need for standard language that surpasses dialects of particular provincial areas. Awareness of the problem was clearly raised by Janez Svetokriški in Introduction of Sacrum promptuarium. In accordance with a specific charisma of individual order, also the character of sermons varies greatly. Despite substantial differences between Franciscan and Capuchin sermons, both forms, however, address Christian as a sensual and emotional being. Their sermons try to reflect the image to human passions and feelings with numerous allegories and exemplary stories, thus leading people by good example to goodness and love for God. To reach this objective in writing sermons, a substantial literary creativity is necessary – and these writers most certainly possess it. However, as can be seen from Jernej Basar, Jesuits gravitated toward the classical Aristotelian-scholastic philosophical understanding of human being: man is a creature whose peak or the centre are mind and free will that is subject to mental recognition: the mind recognizes objective, i.e. the good, and the will follows when it strives for that good. Even Basar’s Ignatian meditative prose leans on the human fantasy and conceptual abilities, however, the greatest persuasive power of his texts go through human mind more than his sensual perception. This profound difference between Jesuit sermon on one side and Franciscan-Capuchin on the other is naturally not expressed merely in the contents, but also in sermon’s artistic form. In this respect, it is essential that Jesuits built their rhetoric education on antiquity, especially on Aristotle’s Rhetoric and on the official Jesuit manual Cypriana Soareza De arte rhetorica libri tres based on Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilianus. This could be offset by the hypothesis that Franciscans and Capuchins did not put as strong emphasis on the direct contact with antiquity but is seems they welcomed rhetoric tradition more through already humanistic and current rhetoric manuals which were more modern, i.e. Renaissance or Baroque. It is likely John Baptist and Roger of Ljubljana made use of important encyclopaedias of Baroque rhetoric from the late 17th century, rich with allegories, symbols, and concepts – Filippo Picinelli, Mondo simbolico, and Emanuele Tesauro, Il cannocchiale aristotelico. Monastic preachers thus welcomed influences and connections far outside their home order province. This field is mostly unexplored for Slovene sermon. However, it is almost beyond doubt that in Slovenian Baroque sermons different influences of authors are intertwined in various ways, perhaps St. Peter Canisius as a possible background of Jernej Basar, and mighty interlacement of numerous authors, on whom Franciscan and Capuchin writers base their works – from church fathers to almost current speakers, such as Torino aristocrat and priest Tesauro, Augustine canon Picinelli, Belgian Jesuit Engelgrave, Bavarian Benedictine Ignatius von Trauner, and many others. A sermon is namely the field of universal Catholic culture, hence the links of several monastic houses, provinces, and creative spirits are intertwined in them.
- publisher
- Arhivsko društvo Slovenije
- date
- 2017
- 01. 01. 2017
- type
- besedilo
- language
- Slovenščina
- isPartOf
- rights
- license: ccByNcSa