Postil
A postil or postill (
homiletic exposition, and thus became synonymous with the homily in distinction from the thematic sermon. Finally, after the middle of the fourteenth century, it was applied to an annual cycle of homilies.[2]
Early Lutheran postils
From the time of
L. Osiander (Bauern-Postille, Tübingen, 1597), and J. Arndt (Evangelien-Postille, Leipzig, 1616).[2]
Catholic postils
By 1530 postils were commonly used in Catholic preaching, at least in Germany.[3] The two (in Latin) by Thomas Stapleton proved popular.[4] Frymire has tabulated the development from 1520 (Catholic and Lutheran).[5]
Later postils
The term postil fell into disuse during the period of Pietism and the Enlightenment, but was revived by Claus Harms (Winter-Postille, Kiel, 1812; Sommer-Postille, 1815). It has again become common through W. Löhe (Evangelien-Postille, Frommel 1848; Epistel-Postille, 1858), and M. Stuttgart (Herzpostille, Bremen, 1882, 1890; Hauspostille, 1887–88; Pilgerpostille, 1890).[2]
Roman Catholic Church the term has been kept, especially through Leonard Goffiné (Hand-Postill oder christ-catholische Unterrichtungen von allen Sonn- and Feyr-Tagen des gantzen Jahrs (Mainz, 1690; popular, illustrated ed., reissued twenty-one times by H. Herder, Freiburg-im-Breisgau, 1875–1908; Eng. transl., T. Noethen, New York, n.d.).[2]
See also
Notes
- OCLC 1085625647.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ a b c d Schaff, Philip. "Postil in New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge". Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ Frymire 2010, p. 253.
- ^ Frymire 2010, p. 419.
- ^ Frymire 2010, p. 454.
References
- Frymire, John M. (2010). The primacy of the postils : Catholics, Protestants, and the dissemination of ideas in early modern Germany. Leiden: Brill. OCLC 695988970.
- Holtz, Sabine. Predigt: Religiöser Transfer über Postillen. OCLC 1184503298.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge(third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls.
