Page 2: Learning Objectives

• Define the meaning of sermon

  • A preached discourse upon a text of scripture

  • A continued speech, conversation, common talk, discourse, manner of speaking, or literary style

• Identify the difference between a homily and a sermon

  • Homily: an explanation or further commentary of scripture during a Mass

  • Sermon: a non-doctrinal discourse or sermon based on a Biblical topic or inspirational saying

• Apply the acquired knowledge through delivering a sermon using appropriate gestures

Page 5: Plague

• Plague: to cause worry or distress to

Page 6: Ecclesiastic

• Ecclesiastic: relating to a church especially as an established institution

Page 7: Debut

• Debut: a formal entrance into society

Page 8: Persecutors

• Persecutors: to harass or punish in a manner designed to injure, grieve, or afflict

Page 9: Colonel

• Colonel: a commissioned officer

Page 10: Infanticides

• Infanticides: the killing of an infant

Page 11: Plunderers

• Plunderers: to take the goods of by force

Page 12: Precepts

• Precepts: a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action

Page 13: Incest

• Incest: affair between persons closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry

Page 14: Fornications

• Fornications: similar to adultery

Page 15: Priests

• Priests: someone who is authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion

Page 16: Pterodactyl

• Pterodactyl: a type of dinosaur

Page 17: Notorious

• Notorious: generally known and talked of

Page 18: Malice

• Malice: desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another

Page 19: Pestilence

• Pestilence: a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating

Page 20: Homily

• Refers to an explanation or further commentary of scripture during a Mass

• Typically follows a reading of a scripture or a specific Biblical story

• Practical explanation of its text

• Non-doctrinal discourse or sermon based on a Biblical topic or inspirational saying

Page 21: Origin of Sermon

• Originates from the 12th century Anglo-French and Old French words, "sermoun and sarmun"

• Meaning "a preached discourse upon a text of scripture"

• Some sources claim it comes from the root word "sermonem", meaning "a continued speech, conversation, common talk, discourse, manner of speaking, or literary style"

Page 22: Definition of Sermon

• Lecture given by someone in authority of a religious institution

• Priest, pastor, or minister

• Contains practical application of beliefs or laws of that religion

Page 23: Sermons in Literature

• Sermons are considered classical orations in literature

• Style of sermons reveals a high degree of rhetorical skill

• Practiced in England and utilized by poets until the Elizabethan period

• Effect of a sermon depends on its structure, context, and intended audience

Page 24: Wulfstan

• Bishop of London, 996-1002

• English Archbishop

• Archbishop of York, 1002-23

• Bishop of Worcester, 1002-16

• Author of many Old English homilies, treatises, and law codes

• Sermo Lupi ad Anglos ("Sermon of Wolf to the English") is an impassioned call to his countrymen to repentance and reform in 1014

Page 25: Excerpt from "Sermo Lupi ad Anglos:1014" (Sermon of the Wolf)

Page 26: Sermo Lupi ad Anglos

• Title given to a homily composed in England between 1010-1016

• Blames lack of moral discipline among the English as the source of God's anger

• Viking raids against England for thirty years

• Exhorts the English to behave in a manner pleasing to God and live according to the laws of the Church and the king

Page 27: Sermo Lupi ad Anglos by Wulfstan II

• Title given to a homily composed in England between 1010-1016 by Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York

• Commonly styled himself Lupus or "wolf"

• Written in Old English

• Blames lack of moral discipline among the English as the source of God's anger

• Viking raids against England for thirty years

• Exhorts the English to behave in a manner pleasing to God and live according to the laws of the Church and the king

• Noted for its rhetorical achievements

• Represents the height of Wulfstan's skill as a homilist and rhetor

• Text has been critically edited multiple times

• Mentions Old English wælcyrian, cognate to Old Norse valkyrjur