Title Statements
- Full title :Miracles and the Venerable Bede / William D. McCready.
Summary
The subject of this book is the concept of miracles in the thought of the Venerable Bede. Its specific focus is Bede's understanding of the miracles of modern saints, miracles of the sort that he himself describes for us in his Ecclesiastical History.
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- Publication Date:©1994.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
- Place of Publication:Toronto
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1994.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiv, 287 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0888441185, 9780888441188
- oclc:ocm31290591
- LC Classification:BT97.2
- Dewey Decimal:231.7/3/092
Table of Contents
Science and literary culture -- Scepticism, credulity and belief -- The age of miracles -- The purpose of miracle -- The virtue of the saints -- Bede and the hagiographical tradition -- The legacy of the Dialogues -- Vera Lex Historiae -- Truth and its limits.
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