Teofilact al Ohridei și Wolfgang Musculus, surse ale omiliei a IV-a („Vindecarea slăbănogului”) din Cazania I coresiană (1567)
Theophylact of Ohrid and Wolfgang Musculus, Sources of the Fourth Homily (”Healing the Paralytic”) from Coresi’s First Postil (1567)

Summary/Abstract: The Fourth Homily in Coresi’s Postil (The Meaning of the Gospels, 1567) offers a concise exposition of John 5:1-15, shaped by both Byzantine and Reformed sources, and informed by the Romanian author’s own pastoral outlook. A close analysis reveals that the homilist draws on Byzantine patristic exegesis (particularly Theophylact’s Ennarationes) and on the theological reflections of Wolfgang Musculus, adapting both traditions to his homiletic aims and doctrinal sensibilities. Musculus’s 1545 commentary on the Gospel of John is employed chiefly to underscore the ministering role of angels (Hebrews 1:14; Psalms 33 and 90), while its detailed philological and topographical observations are largely disregarded. By contrast, Theophylact’s widely circulated commentary serves as the source for the brief note on the function of the Sheep’s Pool at Bethesda and for the much longer excerpt, painting a generous spiritual portrait of the invalid man, held up as an example of perseverance, patience, and humility. The presence in Coresi’s Postil of precise terminological parallels with Theophylact’s Latin text suggests that the Romanian author worked with a Latin translation, most likely one from the series inaugurated in 1524.

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