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Preaching and the Sacramental Life in Medieval England

Preaching and the Sacramental Life in Medieval England

Ford, William

Paperback

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Christianity

ISBN13: 9798235152861
Publisher: Colloquium Verlag
Published: Apr 28 2026
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The story of medieval English Christianity is, at its heart, the story of a people formed by the living interplay of Word and Sacrament. From the arrival of Augustine of Canterbury in 597 to the threshold of the Reformation nearly a millennium later, the English Church cultivated a religious culture in which preaching and sacramental life were not parallel tracks but mutually sustaining realities. The medieval Christian did not encounter doctrine as abstract proposition, nor worship as mere ritual performance. Rather, the faith was received as a unified whole, a seamless garment woven from proclamation, liturgy, pastoral care, and the rhythms of daily life. As the outline of this book notes, the unity of Word and Sacrament stands at the center of the Catholic tradition, and it is this unity that shaped the medieval English soul. The chapters that follow seek to illuminate this unity by examining how preaching and sacramental practice together formed the theological imagination, moral life, and communal identity of medieval England.

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