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The book was written as a result of a request from the General Chapter in 1256 which was anxious to collect eye witness accounts of the doings and sayings of the early friars before the first generation of the order passed away.<ref>[http://www.domcentral.org/trad/brethren/default.htm#intro ibid - Bede Jarrett, Lives of the Brethren of the Order of Preachers 1206-1259, (Blackfriars 1955)]</ref> The text of the Vitae Fratrum is based largely on the submissions made by friars as well as separate writings from [[Bartholomew of Trent]] and [[Jordan of Saxony]], covering in all the period from about 1206 to 1260. |
The book was written as a result of a request from the General Chapter in 1256 which was anxious to collect eye witness accounts of the doings and sayings of the early friars before the first generation of the order passed away.<ref>[http://www.domcentral.org/trad/brethren/default.htm#intro ibid - Bede Jarrett, Lives of the Brethren of the Order of Preachers 1206-1259, (Blackfriars 1955)]</ref> The text of the Vitae Fratrum is based largely on the submissions made by friars as well as separate writings from [[Bartholomew of Trent]] and [[Jordan of Saxony]], covering in all the period from about 1206 to 1260. |
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The Latin text was edited and published as Vitae fratrum ordinis praedicatorum, ed. B. M. Reichert, MOPH., Louvain 1896 |
The Latin text was edited and published as Vitae fratrum ordinis praedicatorum, ed. B. M. Reichert, MOPH., Louvain 1896. Placid Conway, O.P. translated a version from later manuscripts than were used for the critical edition, which was published as Lives of the Brethren of the Order of Preachers 1206-1259, translated by Placid Conway OP and edited with notes and introduction by Bede Jarrett, Blackfriars publications, London, 1955. Recently, Joseph Kenny, O.P. has translated the work directly from the critical edition. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com/VitaeFratrum.htm Joseph Kenny's translation of the Lives of the Brethren] |
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*[http://www.domcentral.org/trad/brethren/default.htm Placid Conway's translation of the Lives of the Brethren] |
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*[http://www.corpusthomisticum.org/bgfrache.html Latin excerpts from the Vitae Fratrum which relate to [[St Thomas Aquinas]]] |
*[http://www.corpusthomisticum.org/bgfrache.html Latin excerpts from the Vitae Fratrum which relate to [[St Thomas Aquinas]]] |
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*[http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/religion/hagiography/bfriars.htm Thomas Head, The Mendicant Orders and Sanctity in the Thirteenth Century: A Bibliography] |
*[http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/religion/hagiography/bfriars.htm Thomas Head, The Mendicant Orders and Sanctity in the Thirteenth Century: A Bibliography] |
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Revision as of 15:18, 30 January 2011
The Lives of the Brethen (known as the Vitae Fratrum in Latin) is an early account of the first members of the Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominicans. The Latin title Vitae Fratrum is potentially confusing as there are several works which are often abbreviated to that name. The book which records the early history of the Dominican order is the Vitae Fratrum Ordinis Praedicatorum. This is to be distinguished from other works such as the Vitae fratrum eremitarum Ordinis Sancti Pauli Primi Eremitae, which is a fifteenth century account of the Pauline Hermits in Hungary.
History of the text
The Lives of the Brethren was written between about 1255 to 1260 by Gerard de Frachet. Gerard (also known as Gerald[1] was born in Chalons (Haute Vienne) in Aquitaine, joined the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in around 1225 and died at Limoges sometime between 1271 and 1281[2]
The book was written as a result of a request from the General Chapter in 1256 which was anxious to collect eye witness accounts of the doings and sayings of the early friars before the first generation of the order passed away.[3] The text of the Vitae Fratrum is based largely on the submissions made by friars as well as separate writings from Bartholomew of Trent and Jordan of Saxony, covering in all the period from about 1206 to 1260.
The Latin text was edited and published as Vitae fratrum ordinis praedicatorum, ed. B. M. Reichert, MOPH., Louvain 1896. Placid Conway, O.P. translated a version from later manuscripts than were used for the critical edition, which was published as Lives of the Brethren of the Order of Preachers 1206-1259, translated by Placid Conway OP and edited with notes and introduction by Bede Jarrett, Blackfriars publications, London, 1955. Recently, Joseph Kenny, O.P. has translated the work directly from the critical edition.
External links
- Joseph Kenny's translation of the Lives of the Brethren
- Placid Conway's translation of the Lives of the Brethren
- Latin excerpts from the Vitae Fratrum which relate to St Thomas Aquinas
- Thomas Head, The Mendicant Orders and Sanctity in the Thirteenth Century: A Bibliography
References
- ^ Simon Tugwell, (ed) Early Dominicans: Selected Writings, Paulist Press, 1982, ISBN 0-8091-2414-9, p.476
- ^ Bede Jarrett, Lives of the Brethren of the Order of Preachers 1206-1259, (Blackfriars 1955)
- ^ ibid - Bede Jarrett, Lives of the Brethren of the Order of Preachers 1206-1259, (Blackfriars 1955)