Hildegard of Bingen
An Explanation of the Athanasian Creed
Written work
An Explanation of the Athanasian Creed
Explanatio Symboli sancti Athanasii
A phrase-by-phrase commentary on the creed attributed to Saint Athanasius, recited at the office of Prime. Hildegard explains the Trinity and the Incarnation with the images of her visionary books and turns doctrinal exposition into an exhortation to her community to live united in faith.
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Authorship note
Addressed to her nuns; date of composition not established in the sources consulted. Critically edited in CCCM 226 (2007). It is also grouped with other short writings under the entry 'Minor Works'.
Editions and translations
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English
Hildegard of Bingen
An Explanation of the Athanasian Creed
The Conscious LibraryAn Explanation of the Athanasian Creed
Peregrina Publishing, 2001
Translation: Thomas M. Izbicki
ISBN 9780920669648
Latín
Hildegard of Bingen
S. Hildegardis abbatissae opera omnia (Patrologia Latina, 197)
The Conscious LibraryS. Hildegardis abbatissae opera omnia (Patrologia Latina, 197)
J.-P. Migne, 1855
Edición antigua, superada por el Corpus Christianorum; digitalizada en Internet Archive.
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- Scivias (Know the Ways) · 1151
- The Book of Life's Merits (The Book of the Rewards of Life) · 1163
- The Book of Divine Works · 1174
- Physica (Book of the Subtleties of Creatures) · 1158
- Causes and Cures · 1158
- Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations · 1158
- Ordo Virtutum (The Play of the Virtues) · 1151
- Unknown Language and Unknown Letters · 1158
- Letters · 1179
- Homilies on the Gospels · 1170
- Minor Works · 1170
- Life of Saint Hildegard · 1187
- Life of Saint Disibod · 1170
- Life of Saint Rupert · 1170
- Explanation of the Rule of Benedict
- Solutions to Thirty-Eight Questions · 1176
- On the Excellence of Saint Martin
- Pentachronon, or Mirror of Future Times · 1220
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