Nicholas of Lyra Medieval Theologians Theology Christianity

Sites related to Nicholas of Lyra (1270-1340), a Franciscan exegete whose Postillae (commentaries on Scripture) were second in popularity only to the Glossa ordinaria. Nicholas contended that the literal sense of Scripture, including the author's intent, must be the foundation for any spiritual interpretation.

• - Two photos of a late fifteenth-century printed copy of Nicholas of Lyra's Moralia super totam Bibliam, from the Golda Meir Library at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
  
• - Exegete, author of postillae, insisted that the literal sense of Scripture is the foundation for any spiritual interpretation.
  
  

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