Angels & angelology in the Middle Ages /

Keck, David, 1965-,

Angels & angelology in the Middle Ages / [print] Angels and angelology in the Middle Ages David Keck. - New York : Oxford University Press, (c)1998. - x, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.



PART I: Scripture, the foundation of angelology. The length of Scripture 1: sacred history and the creation -- The length of Scripture 2: angels, Israel, and the church -- The depth and height of Scripture -- PennsylvaniaRT II: Angels, the philosopher, and the university: the nature of the angels. Scholasticism and the transformation of angelology -- The angelic nature in the thirteenth century: the flowering of medieval angelology -- PennsylvaniaRT III: Angels and religious orders. Monks and mendicants -- Franciscan angelology and the crises of the Franciscan order -- PennsylvaniaRT IV: Angels and the medieval church. Birth, maturation, and the regular religious practices of adults -- Exceptional practices of adults, death, and resurrection.



9780195110975

96053171

GBA0-19503


Angels--Christianity--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Angels--Cult.

BT966 BT966.K25.A544 1998