By using our site, you agree to our collection of information through the use of cookies. To learn more, view our Privacy Policy. To browse Academia. The paper explores the theological contributions of Guerric of St. Quentin, emphasizing his interpretation of Scripture that seeks to unite the believer with God through a trinitarian hermeneutic.
It discusses Guerric's belief in the redemptive nature of the Old and New Testaments, his approach to exegesis, and his influence within the Dominican order during the 13th century, highlighting his significant, though largely unpublished, exegetical works.
His move may well have been at the encouragement of Bishop Herman of Ramsbury and Sherborne, since Goscelin appears to have joined the Benedictine community at Sherborne.
While in the southwest , he may have served as chaplain to the nuns at Wilton and it is possible that he may also have served Bishop Herman as a secretary-cum-companion. Certainly his service in the bishop's household would explain his sudden departure from the locality following Herman's death in Goscelin appears to have quarrelled with Herman's successor, Osmund, who, by 'serpent envy and a step-father's barbarity β¦ compelled [Goscelin] to wander a long way away'. This peripatetic period, however, proved his most productive, and a great many of the works attributed to him, some thirty in total, were written during these years.
His decision to dedicate three of his Lives to prominent Norman bishops suggests he was motivated by both personal and political concerns. He saw hagiography as an opportunity to impart spiritual instruction. His personal interest in spiritual improvement was heralded in when he wrote a devotional manual for Eve, a young novice whom he had befriended at Wilton, known as the Liber confortatorius a 'book of encouragement'.
