{"id":342,"date":"2012-10-03T09:44:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T14:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/?p=342"},"modified":"2012-10-04T20:42:42","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T01:42:42","slug":"the-foundation-of-the-liberal-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/2012\/10\/03\/the-foundation-of-the-liberal-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foundation of the Liberal Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Grammar takes its name from the written character, as the derivation of the word indicates.\u00a0 The definition of grammar is this: Grammar is the science which teaches us to explain the poets and historians; it is the art which qualifies us to write and speak correctly. <strong>Grammar is the source and foundation of the liberal arts.\u00a0 It should be taught in every Christian school, since the art of writing and speaking correctly is attained through it.<\/strong>&#8221; Rhabanus Maurus, &#8220;Education of the Clergy,&#8221;<em> in The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What It Means to Be An Educated Human Being<\/em>, ed. Richard M. Gamble. Wilmington 2007, p. 251 [Emphasis added]<\/p>\n<p>Rhabanus Maurus (c.776-856) lived in early medieval Germany.\u00a0 He became a monk, schoolmaster, priest, abbot, and archbishop of Mainz.\u00a0 Rhabanus was one of the main theologians and authors of the Carolingian Renaissance.\u00a0 In this work he sought to define and preserve the liberal arts as a basis for the proper education of priests and pastors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Grammar takes its name from the written character, as the derivation of the word indicates.\u00a0 The definition of grammar is this: Grammar is the science which teaches us to explain the poets and historians; it is the art which qualifies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/2012\/10\/03\/the-foundation-of-the-liberal-arts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,13,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","category-history","category-rhabanus-maurus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}