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Law and Legal Documents in the Sermons of Peter Chrysologus
Nathan J. Ristuccia Law and Legal Documents in the Sermons of Peter Chrysologus 1 Because Peter Chrysologus preached at the capital of Ravenna during the reign of Valentinian III, his large corpus of extant sermons provides an intriguing look at ideas and attitudes widely known at the center of the empire. This study will examine just one group of images common in these sermons: the language of law and documentation. The bishop demonstrates a surprisingly accurate knowledge of Roman law, and uses this knowledge to make his sermons understandable and relevant to his congregation. Chrysologus’ imagery can be read as a commentary and critique on imperial legal culture at the time of promulgation of the Theodosian Code. The sermons of the bishop Peter Chrysologus of Ravenna (ca.426–450) are a remarkable witness to the culture and attitudes current in fifth-century Ravenna, which then was the imperial capital of the west. Although details on his life are confused, Chrysologus seems to have been born around 380 in the Italian town of Imola where he was educated and ordained as a deacon.2 It has also been posited that Chrysologus may have served in a local magistracy because of his use of legal language, but no source menti
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Saint Peter Chrysologous (+450) was, as the traditional account has it, chosen bishop of Ravenna in 433 after the then-reigning pontiff, Pope, Sixtus III, had a vision of Saint Peter the Apostle and Saint Apollinaris (the latter a former bishop of Ravenna) who pointed out a young man as the next episcopus. Soon afterwards, a group arrived in Rome from Ravenna, and amongst them was the very man – our saint – whom the Pope recognized from the vision, and so consecrated him bishop.
That’s one dramatic way to discover one’s vocation, and, I must confess, this might seem a more felicitous way of choosing good and worthy shepherds than whatever goes on behind the scenes today.
Peter was known as ‘doctor of homilies’, presenting short sermons expounding Scripture, explaining the Creed, advocating devotion to the Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin, exhorting his flock to receive daily Communion, condemning the heresies of the day – Arianism, Monophysitism being the two then predominant – and explaining all of this in clear and precise terms. We could use far more of such from our modern pulpits, in the midst of what I’m sure many readers will agree is a veritable sea of emotive, homiletic pablum, with everyone and their granny floating up to heave
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