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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: John Shinners <[log in to unmask]> > In the British sources I've worked with, the distinction between diaconus/deacon and decanus/dean is usually clear. the same is certainly true for Chartres --though that doesn't mean that Careless folk are not apt to confuse the two. there is a wonderful mid-19th c. map of the diocese of Chartres which shows its divisions into archdeaconries and deconries http://ariadne.org/cc/maps/1697map2.jpg (click on it to enlarge to legibility) >As for deacon's preaching, it was part of their office at least according to theological opinion. seems like --again, speaking just from my limited Chartres perspective-- that was only a part of their duties. i never came across an 11th-12th document which mentioned their preaching (though i was only looking at charters, which never mentioned preaching by anyone). but i did come across an interesting early 12th charter which mentioned that an archdeacon (i believe of Chateaudun) had "laid out" (i forget the Latin) the ground plan of a local church/priory before its construction. i never saw anything else similar to that. > Lombard’s Sentences > Aquinas elaborates on this passage in SumTh III, Q. 67. > Maskell cites thirteenth-century admonitions to the seven clerical orders at the beginning of the Sarum pontifical. They claim authority from Lombard but aren’t direct quotes. The original is in “Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae,” 2nd ed. v. 2 (Oxford, 1882), pp. 237-49. Here’s a translation from William Dohar’s and my “Pastors and the Care of Souls in Medieval England” (pp. 66-67). > "They also receive from the bishop the Book of the Gospels by which they know they are heralds of the Gospel of Christ. For as lectors read the Old Testament, deacons preach the New Testament, in particular the Gospel, which they alone may proclaim in church. "they *alone*" could preach "the Gospels"? somehow, that doesn't sound quite right. c ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion