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In it he proclaims the depredations of the " Danes " ( who were, at that point, primarily Norwegian invaders ) a scourge from God to lash the English for their sins.
He calls upon them to repent of their sinful ways and " return to the faith of baptism, where there is protection from the fires of hell.
Age of the Antichrist was a popular theme in Wulfstan's homilies, which also include the issues of death and Judgment Day.
Six homilies that illustrate this theme include: Secundum Matheum, Secundum Lucam, De Anticristo, De Temporibus Antichrist, Secundum Marcum and " De Falsis Deis ".
De Antichristo was the " first full development of the Antichrist theme ", and Wulfstan addressed it to the clergy.
Believing that he lived at the time right before the Antichrist was to come, he felt compelled to diligently warn and teach the clergy to withstand the dishonest teaching of the enemies of God.
These six homilies also include: emphasis that the hour of the Antichrist is very near, warnings that the English should be aware of false Christs who will attempt to seduce men, warnings that God will pass judgement on man's faithfulness, discussion of man's sins, evils of the world, and encouragement to love God and do his will.
The Canons was written to instruct the secular clergy serving a parish in the responsibilities of their position.
Modern editors have paid most attention to his homilies: they have been edited by Arthur Napier, by Dorothy Whitelock, and by Dorothy Bethurum.
Since that publication, other works that were likely authored by Wulfstan have been identified ; a forthcoming edition by Andy Orchard will update the canon of Wulfstan's homilies.
Wulfstan was also a book collector ; he is responsible for amassing a large collection of texts pertaining to canon law, the liturgy, and episcopal functions.
A significant part of the Commonplace book consists of a work once known as the Excerptiones pseudo-Ecgberti, though it has most recently been edited as Wulfstan's Canon Law Collection.
This work is a collection of conciliar decrees and church canons, most of which he culled from numerous ninth and tenth-century Carolingian works.
He sometimes borrowed from this collection when he wrote his later works, especially the law codes of Æthelred.
There are also a number of works which are associated with the archbishop, but whose authorship is unknown, such as the Late Old English Handbook for the Use of a Confessor.
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