Letters, 61-90

by Peter Damian
The Fathers of the Church
Catholic University of America Press, 1992
eISBN: 978-0-8132-3226-3, Paper: 978-0-8132-2638-5

ABOUT THIS BOOK
Peter Damian (1007-1072), an eleventh-century monk and man of letters, left a large and significant body of correspondence. Over one hundred and eighty letters have been preserved, principally from Damian's own monastery of Fonte Avellana. Ranging in length from short memoranda to longer monographs, the letters provide a contemporary account of many of the controversies of the eleventh century: purgatory, the Eucharist, clerical marriage and celibacy, immorality, and others. Peter Damian, or "Peter the Sinner" as he often referred to himself, was one of the most learned men of his day, and his letters are filled with both erudition and zeal for reform.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Select Bibliography
Concordance
Letter 61
Letter 62
Letter 63
Letter 64
Letter 65
Letter 66
Letter 67
Letter 68
Letter 69
Letter 70
Letter 71
Letter 72
Letter 73
Letter 74
Letter 75
Letter 76
Letter 77
Letter 78
Letter 79
Letter 80
Letter 81
Letter 82
Letter 83
Letter 84
Letter 85
Letter 86
Letter 87
Letter 88
Letter 89
Letter 90
Indices
Index of Proper Names
Index of Sacred Scripture

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