A lot has already been said on dogs and preachers, but I just wanted to add to
what Sophie Oosterwijk said, that preachers are compared to barking dogs not
only because they must warn against heretics, but that it was a topos to
reproach clerics who fail to preach (esp. after LAteran IV) for being dogs who
neglect to bark when the enemy approaches, the enemy being the enemy of
salvation in general, temptations, the devil, etc.
Monica Sandor
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