Editing Homiletics (section)

=== Humanist writings ===
In the works of the two humanists, [[Johannes Reuchlin]] (''Liber congestorum de arte prædicandi'') and [[Desiderius Erasmus]] (''Ecclesiastes seu de ratione concionandi''), the return is marked to Cicero and [[Quintilian]]. A masterwork on the art of preaching is the "Rhetorica Sacra" (Lisbon, 1576) of [[Luis de Granada]], for modern use rather old. The work shows an easy grasp of rhetoric, founded on the principles of [[Aristotle]], [[Demetrius]] and Cicero. He treats the usual subjects of invention, arrangement, style and delivery in easy and polished Latin. Of the same class is Didacus Stella in his "Liberdemodo concionandi" (1576). [[Valerio]], in Italy, also wrote on the art of preaching. Another landmark on preaching are the "Instructiones Pastorum" by [[Charles Borromeo]] (1538–84). At his request Valerio, [[Bishop of Verona]], wrote a systematic treatise on homiletics entitled "Rhetorica Ecclesiastica" (1575), in which he points out the difference between profane and sacred eloquence and emphasizes the two principal objects of the preacher, to teach and to move (''docere et commovere'').<ref name=CE/>
 
[[Laurentius a Villavicentio]], in his work "De formandis sacris concionibus" (1565), disapproves of transferring the ancient modes of speaking to preaching. He would treat the truths of the Gospel according to I Tim., iii, 16. He also recommended moderation in fighting heresy. The same was the view of [[Francis Borgia]], whose contribution to homiletics is the small but practical work: "Libellus de ratione concionandi". [[Claudius Acquaviva]], General of the [[Jesuits]], wrote in 163, "Instructio pro superioribus".<ref>(in "Epistolæ præpositorum generalium ad patres et fratres S.J.")</ref> They were principally ascetic, and in them he regulated the spiritual training necessary for the preacher. [[Carolus Regius]] deals in his "Orator Christianus" (1613) with the whole field of homiletics under the grouping: "De concionatore"; "De concione"; "De concionantis prudentiâ et industriâ". Much is to be found in the writings of [[Vincent de Paul]], [[Alphonsus Liguori]]<ref>''[[s:Sermons for all the Sundays in the year|Sermons for all the Sundays in the year]]'', ''Dublin : Duffy'' (1882) by [[Alphonsus Liguori]]</ref> and [[Francis de Sales]], especially in his celebrated letter to [[André Fremiot]], [[Archbishop of Bourges]].<ref name=CE/>
 
Among the Dominicans, [[Alexander Natalis]] wrote "Institutio concionantium tripartita" (Paris, 1702).<ref name=CE/>

In the "Rhetorica ecclesiastica" (1627) of Jacobus de Graffiis is contained a symposium of the instructions on preaching by the [[Franciscan]] [[Francis Panigarola]], the Jesuit Francis Borgia and the Carmelite [[Johannes a Jesu]].<ref name=CE/>

The "Dialogues" of Fénelon, the works of Blaise Gisbert, Amadeus Bajocensis and Guido ab Angelis have already been referred to. In the nineteenth century homiletics took its place as a branch of [[pastoral theology]], and many manuals have been written thereon, for instance in German compendia by Brand, Laberenz, Zarbl, Fluck and Schüch; in Italian by Gotti and [[Guglielmo Audisio]]; and many in French and English.<ref name=CE/>