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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Christopher Crockett wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > the "Asculti Filii" bull was, if i remember rightly, after 1300(?), and i've > always wondered (since undergraduate days) whether the title/opening line > there wasn't a deliberate reference to B.'s idea that P. wasn't following "The > Rule." Exactly right on both counts. Ausculta fili was promulgated on December 4-5, 1301. It belongs to the same period of heightened rhetoric that would ultimately result in Unam Sanctam (Nov 18, 1302). The texts from before 1297 tend to be just as prickly, but the authors stick to the actual issues at hand and the rhetoric is defined by a greater specificity in that regard. The underlying claims of the logic are consistent in both periods, but after 1301 the specifity of the issues that had reigned each in is abandoned, and the claims and the rhetoric are consequently unleashed. Your comment about its opening words being derived from the prologue of the Rule of Saint Benedict is one of the keys to Boniface's attitude in the matter: the master enjoining his student, his "son", to obey him and learn. cecilia ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html