Oratio in Die Circumcisionis Anno 1484 Habita

Oratio in Die Circumcisionis Anno 1484 Habita

Carvajal, Bernardino de, 1456-1523

Incunabula

Judaica

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Circumcision

This sermon on Christ’s circumcision, given before Pope Sixtus IV in 1484, explores the symbolic aspects of the ritual and compares it to Christ’s eventual suffering on the cross. Carvajal claims that the process of circumcision and its attendant blood loss and pain help demonstrate the humanity of Christ. The early Christian writers, in particular St. Augustine, interpreted Christ’s circumcision as the redemption of original sin -- thus likening it to baptism -- rather than as a sign of the covenant between Abraham and God. Because Christ was circumcised, it was not required of his followers; baptism would suffice.

Excerpt from Bernardino de Carvajal's Oratio in Die Circumcisionis Anno 1484 Habita [Sermon on the Feast of the Circumcision, 1484]

Carvajal, Bernardino de, 1456-1523

Stephan Plannck

1488-1490, circa

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