The Apophthegmata Patrum in the context of the occidental reformation of monastic life in 11th and 12th century France: Their transmission, interpretation and importance in Abelard, Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter the Venerable and in their environment

十一世纪和十二世纪法国修道院生活西方改革背景下的《帕特鲁姆经》：它们在阿伯拉德、克莱尔沃的伯纳德、彼得大帝及其环境中的传播、解释和重要性

• 批准号: 400325009
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Tobias Georges
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/400325009?language=en
• 关键词: Apophthegmata; Patrum; context; occidental; reformation

The sayings and deeds of late-antiquity desert fathers were collected and transmitted under the name “Apophthegmata Patrum”. These fundamental testimonies of eastern eremitism and monasticism had an enormous impact on Christian asceticism and spirituality, and were circulated widely even in the medieval Occident. Eastern monasticism served as a model, especially in the context of the western reformation of monastic life during the 11th and 12th centuries. In that context, the Apophthegmata Patrum, that is, their Latin translation, the “Verba Seniorum”, played a major role which has been repeatedly emphasised in research, but has nevertheless not really been analysed thus far.Through an interdisciplinary approach the project will study the reception of the Verba Seniorum by concentrating on the centre of (today’s) France which was a major focus of the monastic reform movements, namely on the environment of Abelard, Bernard of Clairvaux, and of Peter the Venerable – of three monastic reformers who belong, each in their own special way, to the Benedictine tradition. The project combines the disciplines of theology/church history and medieval history and aims at three interconnected goals:1) Assemble the evidence of transmission of the Apophthegmata Patrum in the research field (Abelard, Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter the Venerable, and their environment): the presence of the Vitae Patrum in manuscripts and references in texts of those authors.2) Reconstruct the reception and interpretation of the Apophthegmata Patrum in that research field, starting from the texts that can be identified.3) Assess the importance of the Apophthegmata Patrum for those authors and their environment and the Apophthegmata’s general impact on the occidental reformation of monastic life in the 11th and 12th centuries and, beyond, on contemporary developments in society, church and theology (which are mirrored particularly in early scholastic literature) that can be deduced.The research results will be published in a monograph on the Verba Seniorum’s transmission, interpretation and importance in Bernard of Clairvaux and in Peter the Venerable as well as in complementary and summary research articles – the latter will also place special emphasis on the Apophthegmata’s reception in Abelard.

古代晚期沙漠父亲的言论和行为被收集起来并以“Apophthegmata Patrum”的名义传播。这些东方禁欲主义和修道主义的基本见证对基督教的禁欲主义和灵性产生了巨大的影响，甚至在中世纪的西方也广泛流传。东方修道是一种模式，特别是在11世纪和12世纪西方修道生活改革的背景下。在这种情况下，Apophthegmata Patrum，也就是他们的拉丁语翻译，“Verba Seniorum”，发挥了重要作用，在研究中一再强调，但迄今为止还没有真正分析过。通过跨学科的方法，该项目将通过集中研究（今天的）法国的中心，这是修道院改革运动的主要焦点，即阿伯拉尔，克莱尔沃的伯纳德和可敬的彼得的环境，即三个修道院改革者，他们每个人都以自己特殊的方式属于本笃会传统，来研究《圣词》的接受。该项目结合了神学/教会历史和中世纪历史的学科，旨在实现三个相互关联的目标：1)在研究领域（Abelard, Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter The Venerable，和他们的环境）中收集Apophthegmata Patrum传播的证据；在这些作者的手稿和文本参考中存在Vitae Patrum。2)从可识别的文本开始，重构该研究领域对《护父经》的接受与解读。3)评估《神谕》对这些作者及其生活环境的重要性，以及《神谕》对11世纪和12世纪西方修道生活改革的总体影响，以及对当代社会、教会和神学发展的影响（尤其是在早期学术文献中反映出来）。研究结果将发表在一本关于《古词》在克莱沃的伯纳德和《老彼得》中的传播、解释和重要性的专著中，以及补充和总结的研究文章中，后者还将特别强调《阿伯拉尔》在阿伯拉尔的接受情况。