The History and Life of the Reverend Doctor John Tauler with Twenty-Five of his Sermons
The edition of Tauler's Sermons which I have used for my Translation is that published at Franks fort in 1826. Among the numerous ancient and modern editions of these Sermons, that published at Leipsic, in 1498, holds the highest rank as an authority; but of this, now very rare work, it has not been in my power to consult a copy; and of the later editions that of Frankfort is the best. It is based upon an edition published at Cologne in 1543, and contains one hundred and fifty-three sermons; only eighty-four of these, however, are to be found in the mss. now extant. Many of the mss. have, indeed, only portions of these eighty-four; but the best and oldest are also the most complete. They are two which are in the Strasburg Library, and are most probably contemporary with Tauler himself,--certainly not of much later origin. The oldest printed edition, too, that of Leipsic, in 1498, has only these eighty-four sermons. These are, therefore, all of whose genuineness we have distinct certainty from external evidence. In an edition, however, which Johann Rynmann published at Basle in 1521 (probably induced to do so by Luther's republication of the Theologia Germanica, in 1517, and his recommendation of Tauler's writings to his friends [1] ), forty-two more sermons are added with the preface: "Here followeth the second part of the sermons of the said John Tauler, which have been more recently discovered, and collected with great care and diligence. Although there may be a doubt about some of them, let not that offend thee; for it is certain that they have been written by a right learned man of his age, and are all based on one foundation, namely, true self-surrender and the preparation of the spirit for God."
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The History and Life of the Reverend Doctor John Tauler with Twenty-Five of his Sermons
The edition of Tauler's Sermons which I have used for my Translation is that published at Franks fort in 1826. Among the numerous ancient and modern editions of these Sermons, that published at Leipsic, in 1498, holds the highest rank as an authority; but of this, now very rare work, it has not been in my power to consult a copy; and of the later editions that of Frankfort is the best. It is based upon an edition published at Cologne in 1543, and contains one hundred and fifty-three sermons; only eighty-four of these, however, are to be found in the mss. now extant. Many of the mss. have, indeed, only portions of these eighty-four; but the best and oldest are also the most complete. They are two which are in the Strasburg Library, and are most probably contemporary with Tauler himself,--certainly not of much later origin. The oldest printed edition, too, that of Leipsic, in 1498, has only these eighty-four sermons. These are, therefore, all of whose genuineness we have distinct certainty from external evidence. In an edition, however, which Johann Rynmann published at Basle in 1521 (probably induced to do so by Luther's republication of the Theologia Germanica, in 1517, and his recommendation of Tauler's writings to his friends [1] ), forty-two more sermons are added with the preface: "Here followeth the second part of the sermons of the said John Tauler, which have been more recently discovered, and collected with great care and diligence. Although there may be a doubt about some of them, let not that offend thee; for it is certain that they have been written by a right learned man of his age, and are all based on one foundation, namely, true self-surrender and the preparation of the spirit for God."
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| BN ID: | 2940011855276 |
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| Publisher: | New Century Books |
| Publication date: | 10/15/2010 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 262 KB |
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