St. Dominic and His Work
| Authors | Mandonnet, Pierre Félix, O.P., 1858-1936 Vicaire, Marie-Humbert, O.P. Ladner, Reginald, O.P. Larkin, Sr. Mary Benedicta, O.P. |
| Tags | Dominicans -- Biography |
| Publisher | B. Herder Book Co. |
| Published | 01 gen 1944 |
| Date | 16 ott 2016 |
| Languages | eng |
| Identifiers | uri: http://laity.stdombenicia.org/stdominicandhisworks.pdf, url: http://laity.stdombenicia.org/page7a.html, oclc: 3369434 |
| Formats | EPUB, PDF |
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St. Peter Damian's ordo prædicatorum an inspiration of St. Dominic's new order of preachers (ref:28.30,37):
Peter Damian (d. 1072) desired that priests should be numbered in the ordo prædicatorum. In addition to the twelve apostles, did not Christ send the seventy disciples to preach? The seventy men whom Moses summoned at the command of the Lord, the twelve fountains and the seventy palm trees, were they not allegories of the ordo prædicatorum formed by the bishops and the other ranks of the clergy?40
40. Peter Damian, Contra intemperantes clericos (op. XVIII); PL , CXLV, 389.
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A passage from the glossa ordinaria , repeating an idea of Peter Damian, envisaged an expansion in the class of preachers. The case of the seventy disciples showed that the class of preachers was not constituted exclusively by the immediate successors of the apostles.46 Apropos of St. Luke, 14:17, the gloss remarks that the servant sent to invite the guests signifies the ordo prædicatorum which will come at the end of time.47 Cited also were a certain number of other texts taken from well-known authors. Other glosses contributed nothing essentially new.
46. "For not only the twelve apostles preached the faith of Christ, but also the Other seventy" (PL , CXIII, 234, 437).
47. "The hour of the supper, the end of the world. … In this time the servant is sent, that is the order of preachers" (PL , CXIV, 308). Cf. Biblia Sacra cum glossa Ordinaria , V, 887.