Theology and Intermediality in Early Modern Inauguration Sermons

这个项目的目标是对早期现代布道进行系统的分析，这些布道是在教堂、讲坛、祭坛、洗礼池、风琴和教堂钟的就职典礼上发表的。这种研究以前从未进行过，并且将考虑到这种类型的来源可能位于的各种历史背景。即教会历史，神学，训诂和讲道的体裁，以及对虔诚的实践和看法。该项目关注的是1544年至1750年间来自德语区的路德宗、改革宗和天主教传教士的大量布道，这些布道在很大程度上被忽视了。这是第一次有可能探索早期现代偶尔布道的重要历史片段，这是一个未知的研究领域（除了葬礼布道）。该项目还有助于对早期现代神圣中介性的学术研究，这是历史研究的一个重要发展领域。近代早期偶尔的布道作为历史来源，对复杂的神学、训诂学和敬虔相关的思想是如何以复杂而又易于理解的方式呈现的，以及如何以创新的方式讨论核心的神学主题，提供了重要的见解。作者们并不是简单地复制书面教义中固定的观点；事实上，神学小册子就出现在就职典礼的讲道中。因此，就职讲道是非常重要的，但被忽视的，早期现代中间性研究的来源：它们是互文的，因为它们包括对圣经的参考，歌曲文本，教父的引文等，以及中间的：它们还包括对图像和文本（如绘画，浮雕，象征等）组合的就职人工制品的参考，这在大多数其他布道中都不是这样。人工制品的神学“信息”（遵循特定的修辞模式）与圣经文本的注释相结合。通过各种媒体之间的互动，信徒们被引入了“精神增强现实”。通过对不同告白背景的讲道进行比较，可以考察和呈现就职讲道的异同和告白特征。

The goal of this project is to undertake a systematic analysis of EarlyModern sermons, which were delivered and published on theoccasion of the inauguration of churches, pulpits, altars, baptismalfonts, organs and church bells. This kind of research has never beendone before and will take into account the various historical contextsthis type of source can be located in. Namely, Church history,Theology, the genres of exegesis and sermons as well as practices ofand views on piety. The project focuses on numerous sermons byLutheran, Reformed and Catholic preachers from German-speakingregions (between 1544 and 1750), which have largely beendisregarded. For the first time it will be possible to explore a vitalsegment of the history of the Early Modern occasional sermons,which are (apart from funeral sermons) a terra incognita in terms ofresearch. The project also contributes to the academic research onEarly Modern sacral intermediality, which is an important developingfield of historical inquiry. Early Modern occasional sermons ashistorical sources give important insight into the sophisticated and yetcomprehensible ways complex theological, exegetical and pietyrelatedthought was presented, and how central theological topicswere discussed in innovative ways. The authors did not simplyreproduce the opinions fixed in written teachings; in fact theologicaltracts emerged from inauguration sermons for example. Therefore,inauguration sermons are extremely important, yet overlooked,sources for the research of Early Modern intermediality: They areintertextual, seen as they include references to Scripture, song texts,quotations of the Church Fathers, etc., as well as intermedial: Theyalso include references to the inaugurated artefacts with (alsointermedial) combinations of images and text (e.g. paintings, reliefcarvings, emblems etc.), which is not the case in most other sermons.The theological ‘messages’ of the artefacts (which follow specificrhetorical patterns) are combined e.g. with the exegesis of biblicaltexts. Through the interaction between the various media thebelievers were introduced to a ‘spiritually augmented reality’. Bycomparing sermons from different confessional backgroundssimilarities and differences of the inauguration sermons as well asconfessional characteristics can be examined and presented.