medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>>i can't seem to find a pre-lent sermon which fits in with the Mare's Nest i am >>trying to construct, so i'm reluctantly coming around to the opinion that this >>particular sermon was never "published."
I'm inclined to suspect that you may well be correct in this. I know from my own experience that my bishop generally refuses to let his homilies be "published" because he's a perfectionist and he doesn't think they're every good enough.
For the sake of it, though, I would suggest two other possibilities: 1) the sermon could have been "published" and lost (intentionally or otherwise) or 2) there never was any such sermon and Odo needed someone authoritative so he claimed Bernard preached a rousing sermon (and there weren't any witnesses to contradict Odo since it was at this council, right?). From your description, it would seem that he would have preached this sermon (if he did, in fact, do so), on the Tuesday following Septuagesima Sunday (any idea what the readings appointed for that day in 1147 would have been?).
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