Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions: John Colet on the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy of Dionysius - A New Edition and Translation with Introduction and Notes

The Commentary Of John Colet (1467-1519) On Dionysius The Areopagite's 'ecclesiastical Hierarchy' Adapts A Work Widely Neglected By Medieval Theologians To The Early Sixteenth Century. Dionysius's Apostolic Model Allowed Colet To Set Ecclesiastical Corruption Against The Ideas For Re-forming The Mind As Well As The Church. The Commentary Reveals Colet's Fascination With The Kabbalah And Re-emergent Galenism, But It Subordinates All To Harmonizing Dionysius And His Supposed Teacher, Paul. This First New Edition In Almost 150 Years And First Edition Of The Complete Manuscript Is Edited Critically, Translated Expertly, And Provided With An Apparatus That Advances Historical, Theological, And Rhetorical Contexts. It Resituates Study Of Colet By Identifying A Coherent Center For His Theology And Agenda For Reform In Tudor England. Introduction : Contexts Of Colet And Dionysius / Daniel T. Lochman -- The Demarcations Of Blotterature And Literature In John Colet's Latin Prose / Daniel J. Nodes -- Abbreviations -- Notes On The Text, Translation, And Transcription -- Text And Translation -- John Colet On The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy Of Saint Dionysius -- On Hierarchy -- On Baptism -- On The Rite Of Baptism -- Spiritual Contemplation Of Baptism -- On Holy Communion Or Synaxis -- The Mass Before Communion -- The True Meaning Of Holy Eucharist -- On The Consecration Of Oils -- Spiritual Contemplation Of The Consecration Of Oils -- On The Ranks Of The Secular Clergy -- On The Consecration Of Clergy -- Spiritual Contemplation Of The Consecration Of Clergy -- On The Ranks Of Regular Clergy And Laity -- On The Consecration Of Regular Clergy -- On The Death Of Christians -- On The Rites Of The Dead -- Spiritual Contemplation Of Rites Of The Dead -- Rites And Contemplation Of Infant Baptism And Confirmation -- Bibliography -- Index. Introduction, Annotations, And Edited Text By Daniel T. Lochman ; Translation And Comments On Colet's Latin By Daniel J. Nodes. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [367]-376) And Index.