Wulfstan II

Recently added works by this author

• Institutes of Polity, Civil and Ecclesiastical

  In Church Councils, Church Customs, Church Polity, Ecclesiology, Governance, Laity, Lawmaking, Marriage, Monarchy, Monasticism

  
  
  

  It is right that all Christian men righteously hold their Christianity, and lead that life which is befitting them, according to God’s law, and according to worldly conventions, and diligently order all their ways by those things which they direct, who are able wisely and prudently to direct them; and this then is firsts of counsels foremost; that every man, above all other things, love one God, and steadfastly have one belief in him who first made us all, and with a dear price afterwards bought us. And also we have need earnestly to consider, how we may always most righteously hold God’s own commandments, and perform all that which we promised, when we received baptism, or those who at our baptism were our sponsors.

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• The Sermon of the Wolf to the English

  In Apocalypse, Apostasy, Charity, Corruption, Justice, Sin, Slavery, The Antichrist, Violence

  
  
  

  Things have now come far and wide to that full evil way that men are more ashamed now of good deeds than of misdeeds; because too often good deeds are abused with derision and the Godfearing are blamed entirely too much, and especially are men reproached and all too often greeted with contempt who love right and have fear of God to any extent. And because men do that, entirely abusing all that they should praise and hating too much all that they ought to love, therefore they bring entirely too many to evil intentions and to misdeeds, so that they are never ashamed though they sin greatly and commit wrongs even against God himself. But on account of idle attacks they are ashamed to repent for their misdeeds, just as the books teach, like those foolish men who on account of their pride will not protect them­selves from injury before they might no longer do so, although they all wish for it.

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