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NPE 6: The Sermons of Paracelsus

The sermones are thematic treatises on specific social or theological issues. Most of them are arranged in cycles illustrating a particular topic, other sermons deal with specific individual questions. Some of these sermon cycles date back to 1540 and represent probably Paracelsus's last writings.

A. Sermons on the Gospel Parables

A1. Sermones in similitudines evangeliorum
A2. Paraphrasis in parabolas Christ

B. Late Sermon Cycles (1540)

B1. Sermones de Antichristo
B2. Sermones in incantatores
B3. Sermones in pseudodoctores

C. Sermon Cycles on the Gospel Miracles

C1. Sermones de miraculis Christi super infirmos
C2. Sermones de miraculis Christi super obsessos

D. Sermons on Marriage

D1. Sermo von der Ehe
D2. Sermo von der Ehe der Priester
D3. Ex Fragmentis
D4. Die Gefährlichkeit aus dem Ehestand

E. Individual Sermons

E1. Sermones II ad Clementem VII et chorum cardinalium
(Das Buch der Erkanntnus)
E2. Sermo ad filios
E3. Sermo "Date Caesari quae sunt Caesaris"
E4. Sermo super verbum domini "Compelle intrare"
E5. Sermo "Novum mandatum do vobis"
E6. Sermo "Dilige dominum deum tuum et proximum sicut te ipsum"
E7. Sermo ob der weltlich Gewalt über das Blut zu richten hab
E8. Sermo ob der Glaube zu strafen sei
E9. Sermo von denen, die aus dem Kloster laufen
E10. Was besessen sei oder heiss


In preparation. The final version may differ slightly due to further findings.

Sermones de Antichristo (1540)

Sermones de Antichristo (1540)

Leiden University Library
Cod. Voss. Chym. 25, 2°, f. 461r

Sermo date Caesari

Sermo date Caesari

University Library Heidelberg
Cod. Pal. Germ. 476, f. 223r