History of the Christian Church, Volume IV: Mediaeval Christianity. A.D. 590-1073.

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  1. Dogmatic Discussions, De Fide Catholica; Contra Judaeos; Dialogus inter Judaeum et


Christianum; De Divina Omnipotentia; De Processione Spiritus Sancti (against the Greeks), etc.^1536



  1. Polemic and ascetic treatises. The most important is the Liber Gomorrhianus (1051), a
    fearless exposure of clerical immorality which appeared to him as bad as the lewdness of Sodom


and Gomorrah (hence the title).^1537 It is addressed to Pope Leo IX. and calls on him to exercise his
authority in removing the scandals. The Liber Gratissimus, addressed to Henry, archbishop of


Ravenna, is directed against simony.^1538 He wrote also tracts on the contempt of the world, on
monastic perfection, on the life of hermits, on sacerdotal celibacy, against intemperance, against


avarice, etc.^1539



  1. On Miracles and Apparitions.^1540

  2. On the Pictures of the chief Apostles, especially Peter and Paul.^1541

  3. Exposition of the Canon of the Mass, and other liturgical topics.^1542

  4. Exegetical Fragments on the Old and New Testaments.^1543
    10 Poems, satires, epigrams and Prayers.^1544 His best hymn is on the glory of Paradise,


based on poetic prose of St. Augustin: "Ad perennis vitae fontem mens sativit arida."^1545


(^1536) II. 20 sqq. and 595 sqq.
(^1537) II. 159-190.
(^1538) II. 99 sqq.
(^1539) II. 191 sqq.
(^1540) II. 571 sqq.
(^1541) II. 590 sqq.
(^1542) II. 979 sqq.
(^1543) II. 892 sqq. and 985 sqq.
(^1544) II. 918 sqq.
(^1545) II. 862. See above, p. 431 sq.

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