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See#114 Vincent Ferrer was a Dominican apostolic preacher. He was a
brilliant dialectician at the age of 15 & , despite parental opposition
entered the Order of Preachers in his native city of Valencia . He
became a teacher of theology in 1384 & a master of some in 1389;
but it was not as professor that he was to do his most
distinguished work . The evils that afflicted society after
the Black Death (1347 - 1350) were aggravated [crossed out]by[end crossed out] & intensified
by the Western Schism. Vincent had early espoused the cause
of Clement VII , the Avignonese claimant to the throne of
St. Peter , convinced that the election of the Roman pontiff
Urban VI , had been invalidated by fear. While he was
convinced that the effective revival of Christian life & morals
depended primarily upon healing the schism , it was by his
preaching that he rose to the height of his power & influence.
In 1399 he set forth from Avignon & spent 20 yrs in
apostolic preaching. With fiery elequence he preached the
need of repentance & the coming of the Judgement. He was
canonized by Calixtus III in 1455.

Machzor (cycle Repitition) Originally the liturgy of the prayer book,
arranged chronologically according to the annual cycle.
In Ashkenazi usage came to mean the festival
prayer book as distinct from the prayer book for ordinary
weekdays & Sabbaths
Prayer book for festivals . Best known medeival machzor
by Simchah ben Samuel of Vitri.

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