Stelle Sicut enim Moyses tabernaculum secu...; (Vita Wilfridi (709 - 720), ch. 17 (p. 34-36)) [33]

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Keywords	Ethnonym: Brittani, [wurzel: Brittann] Keyword: gens nostra, [wurzel: gent nostr] Ethnonym: Israhelitici, [wurzel: Israhelitic] Keyword: populus, [wurzel: popul] Keyword: regio, [wurzel: region] Keyword: rex (king), [wurzel: reg] Keyword: sermo, [wurzel: sermo]
ID	33
Text	Vita Wilfridi (709 - 720) Stephen of Ripon
Quotation	Sicut enim Moyses tabernaculum seculare manu factum ad exemplar in monte monstratum a Deo ad concitandam Israhelitico populo culturae Dei fidem distinctis variis coloribus aedificavit, ita vero beatissimus Wilfrithus episcopus thalamum veri sponsi et sponsae in conspectu populorum, corde credentium et fide confitentium, auro et argento purpuraque varia mirifice decoravit. (...) consecrantes secundum sapientissimum Salomonem domum, Domino in honorem sancti Petri apostolorum principis dicatam precesque in ea populorum suffragantem, altare quoque cum bassibus suis Domino dedicantes purpuraque auro texta induentes populique communicantes, omnia canonice compleverunt. Stans itaque sanctus Wilfrithus episcopus ante altare, conversus ad populum, coram regibus enumerans regiones, quas ante reges pro animabus suis et tunc in illa die cum consensu et subscriptione episcoporum et omnium principum illi dederunt, lucide enuntiavit necnon et ea loca sancta in diversis regionibus, quae clerus Bryttanus, aciem gladii hostilis manu gentis nostrae fugiens, deseruit. (...) Deinde, consummato sermone, magnum convivium trium dierum et noctium reges, cum omni populo letificantes, magnanimes in hostes, humiles cum servis Dei inierunt.
Translation	For as Moses built an earthly tabernacle made with hands, of divers varied colours according to the pattern shown by God in the mount, to stir up the faith of the people of Israel for the worship of God, so the blessed Bishop Wilfrid wondrously adorned the bridal chamber of the true Bridegroom and Bride with gold and silver and varied purples, in the sight of the multitudes who believed in their hearts and made confession of their faith. (...) like Solomon the wise, they consecrated the house and dedicated it to the Lord in honour of St Peter the chief of the Apostles, to assist the prayers of the people in it. The altar also with its bases they dedicated to the Lord and vested it in purple woven with gold; the people shared in the work, and thus all was completed in a canonical manner. Then St Wilfrid the bishop stood in front of the altar, and, turning to the people, in the presence of the kings, read out clearly a list of the lands which the kings, for the good of their souls, had previously, and on that very day as well, presented to him, with the agreement and over the signatures of the bishops and all the chief men, and also a list of the consecrated places in various parts which the British clergy had deserted when fleeing from the hostile sword wielded by the warriors of our own nation. (...) Then, when the sermon was over, the kings started upon a great feast lasting for three days and three nights, rejoicing amid all their people, showing magnanimity towards their enemies and humility towards the servants of God. (Trans. Colgrave, pp. 35-7)
Quotation source	ch. 17 (p. 34-36)
Temporal Coverage	671 - 678
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