Title:

In principio erat Verbum

Short title

Sermo 1

Title variations

Sermon One

Title in English

In the beginning was the Word

Section

Language

Latin

Creation date

1430

Genre

Religious text

Content

Other

Content table

Formal Expression

Prose

Qur'an quotations

No

Original

No

Source

Ramon Llull, Maimonides

Use (macro-category)

Speculative / Philosophical / Scholastic / Mystical

Use (micro-category)

Apology of Christianity

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Based on the exegesis of John 1:1, it is Nicholas of Cusa's first sermon likely held in Trier on Christmas night of 1430. Given orally in Moselfränkisch, it was later revised and written down in Latin. Besides speculations on the Trinity, it mentions a number of God's names with the related features or attributes, including the Arabic-Islamic one, namely Allahu Akbar, and the Jewish one, namely the Tetragram.

Entry author

Davide Scotto