Досточтимый Беда — ритор, агиограф, проповедник
Шрифт:
St.Bede's homilies belong to the same tradition as those of Origene and St.Gregory the Great. The analysis of the homily structure showed that St.Bede was acquainted with the laws of logic. Besides homily, St.Bede knew also exemplum and, probably, sermon as separate forms of one and the same genre.
St.Bede's texts were created at the period of time, when two Christian traditions — the Celtic and the Roman ones — existed in Early England. St.Bede's works reflect their synthesis in the Anglo-Saxon culture.
St.Bede's works are especially interesting in the light of merging the Christian traditions mentioned above, because his saints» Lives, homilies, historical and rhetorical treatises influenced not only the beginnings of the literature in the vernacular on the British Isles, but also played an important role in the formation of European Literatures.