Homily on the Day of Judgment

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Homily on the Day of Judgment is an Old English religious sermon that vividly exhorts listeners to prepare for the Last Judgment, preserved among the texts of the Vercelli Book.

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Homily on the Day of Judgment canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian sermon
Old English homily
religious sermon
anonymous true
associatedWith Vercelli homilies
audience Christian laypeople
monastic audience
collection Vercelli Book homilies
linked to: Vercelli Book
countryOfOrigin England
culturalContext Anglo-Saxon England
extant true
function preaching text
genre homily
religious literature
sermon
hasTheme divine judgment
fear of God
moral accountability
reward and punishment after death
transience of earthly life
language Old English
literaryDevice direct address to listeners
vivid imagery
literaryForm prose
literaryPeriod Old English period
linked to: Old English
literaryTradition Anglo-Saxon religious prose
mainTheme Christian eschatology
Last Judgment
linked to: The Last Judgment

penitence
preparation for judgment
manuscript Vercelli Book
originalScript Latin alphabet
preservedIn Vercelli Book
purpose moral instruction
preparation for the Last Judgment
spiritual exhortation
religion Christianity
script Insular minuscule
subjectMatter heaven and hell
judgment of souls
sin and repentance
theologicalContext Latin Christian tradition
timeOfComposition before 11th century
early Middle Ages
tone didactic
exhortatory
workType religious prose work

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Vercelli Book contains Homily on the Day of Judgment