Philip of Harveng explained

Philip of Harveng (Philip of Harvengt)^[1] (died 1183) was a twelfth-century Premonstratensian and abbot of Bonne-Espérance Abbey in Hainault (present-day Belgium), and a theological writer.

Biblical commentary

His Responsio de damnatione Salomonis addressed the puzzling biblical behaviour of Solomon.^[2] He invented novel schemes of history from the Book of Daniel in his Dream of Nebuchadnezzar (De somnio regis Nabuchodonosor),^[3] varying the pattern of the four monarchies.

Augustinian theology

His life of Augustine of Hippo was celebrated and influential.^[4] Drawing on Possidius, he also makes Augustine presage the regular canons.^[5] Associating the phrase docere verbo et exemplo (to teach by word and example) with the clerical life, in his De institutione clericorum, he put an emphasis on preaching.^[6] In the same work he argued in favour of social order.^[7]

Other works

He wrote much hagiography, including a life of St. Foillan.^[8] Surviving letters to Philip, Count of Flanders and Henry I, Count of Champagne argue for knightly patronage of learning.^[9]

References

• G. P. Sijen, "Philippe de Harveng, abbé de Bonne-Espérance: sa biographie", Analecta Praemonstratensia vol. 14 (1938), pp. 37–52
• N. J. Weyns, "A propos des Instructions pour les clercs (De Institutione Clericorum) de Philippe de Harveng", Analecta Praemonstratensia vol. 53 (1977), pp. 71-79
• Carol Neel, "Philip of Harvengt and Anselm of Havelberg: The Premonstratensian Vision of Time", Church History, Vol. 62, No. 4 (December, 1993), pp. 483-493
• U. G. Leinsle, "Deo militans clericus“ – Rittertum und Krieg im Werk Philipps von Harvengt", Analecta Praemonstratensia 77 (2001), pp. 94–120

External links

• Philip of Harveng on Silence, Paul F. Gehl
  • Biography
• 'An Analysis of the Correspondence and Hagiographical Works of Philip of Harvengt', Lynsey E Robertson

Notes and References

1. Philippe Le Harvengt.
2. Web site: heliotropia 2.1 - papio . 2008-03-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060622193752/http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/heliotropia/02-01/papio.shtml . 2006-06-22 . dead .
3. [Giles Constable]
4. Eric Leland Saak, High Way to Heaven: The Augustinian Platform Between Reform and Reformation (2002), p. 179.
5. Saak, p. 182.
6. [Caroline Walker Bynum]
7. Giles Constable, Three Studies in Medieval Religious and Social Thought (1998), pp. 263-4.
8. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06123c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Foillan
9. http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft4j49p00c&chunk.id=d0e2464&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e2464&brand=eschol Knights at Court