Editing Homiletics (section)

=== Alain de Lille ===
To the same period belongs the "Summa de arte prædicatoriâ" by [[Alain de Lille]], which defines preaching: "Manifesta et publica instructio morum et fidei, informationi hominum deserviens, ex rationum semitâ et auctoritatum fonte proveniens". He lays stress on explanation and use of Scripture and recommends the preacher to insert verba commotiva. The remarks of [[Cæsarius of Heisterbach]] (died 1240) have been collected by Cruel; his sermons display skill in construction and considerable oratorical power. [[Conrad of Brundelsheim]] (died 1321), whose sermons have come down to us under his cognomen of "Brother Sock" (Sermones Fratris Socci), was one of the most interesting preachers at this time in Germany. Humbert of Romans, [[General superior]] of the [[Dominican Order|Dominicans]], in the second book of his work, "De eruditione prædicatorum", claims that he can teach "a way of promptly producing a sermon for any set of men, and for all variety of circumstances".<ref>(Neale, "Mediæval Sermons", Introd., xix)</ref> Linsenmayer, in his history of preaching, gives information about Humbert, who was a severe critic of the sermons of his time. Trithemius quotes a work by [[Albertus Magnus]], "De arte prædicandi", which is lost. [[Bonaventure]] wrote "De arte concionandi", in which he treats of ''divisio, distinctio, dilatatio'', but deals extensively only with the first.<ref name=CE/>