Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Sunday 8 September 2024

More reflections on ‘Dominus Vobiscum’


Last month I wrote about, and linking to, an article on the New Liturgical Movement website about the use in the liturgy of the ‘Dominus Vobiscum’. My post can be seen at Dominus Vobiscum

The NLM has now followed this up with a lengthy quotation about the phrase from Durandus’ Rationale divinorum officiorum, which was compiled before 1286. As Gregory DiPippo says in his introduction to the article Durandus’ Rationale is the liturgical equivalent of the Summa Theolcogica. This additional commentary can be read at Durandus on the “Dominus Vobiscum”


No comments: