The popular sermon (sermo modernus "modern sermon" in Latin) was a type of sermon in vernacular, the language of common people, that was commonly delivered by Catholic friars of the Franciscan and Dominican orders in the Middle Ages, on Sundays, Feast Days, and other special dates.
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Famous quotes containing the words popular and/or sermon:
“O, popular applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)
“Ye are the light of the world.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 5:14.
From the Sermon on the Mount.