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The Medieval Church · 1494
The Sermons on Haggai
Girolamo Savonarola · 1452–1498
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What it is
Advent sermons preached as the French army entered Italy, reading the prophet's call to rebuild the temple as a summons to remake Florence as a Christian republic.
Why it lasted
Preaching that actually reordered a state — for four years Florence was governed on the strength of these sermons.
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Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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