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Stephen Harding
"Stephen Harding, the third abbot of Citeaux, is also an elusive historical figure. English by birth and a monk of Sherborne Abbey before the Norman Conquest, he journeyed to France and Rome before reentering monastic life at Molesme, only to leave with the founders of the New Monastery at Citeaux. From 1108 to 1133, the period of the first Cistercian expansion, he served as abbot and, some say, the formative genius behind the Cistercian Order. In this slender volume, Claudio Stercal gathers together all the documents that can with certainty be attributed to Stephen Harding and, by using them, creates a biography and then analyzes each in turn.'This is not a definitive study,' he writes,'but a collection of "working material'" which he presents in the hope of spurring further research on one of the most significant figures of the first decades of Cistercian history."--BOOK JACKET.
A Companion to Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux emerges from these studies as a vibrant, challenging and illuminating representative of the monastic culture of the twelfth century. In taking on Peter Abelard and the new scholasticism he helped define the very world he opposed and thus contributed to the renaissance of the twelfth century.
Pater Bernhardus
Collected Works Vol. 1: The Two-Fold Knowledge: Readings on the Knowledge of Self and the Knowledge of God Vol. 2: Pater Bernhardus: Martin Luther and Bernard of Clairvaux Vol. 3: Luther’s Catholic Christology According to His Johannine Lectures of 1527
The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness
An interdisciplinary history of standardized measurements. Measurement is all around us—from the circumference of a pizza to the square footage of an apartment, from the length of a newborn baby to the number of miles between neighboring towns. Whether inches or miles, centimeters or kilometers, measures of distance stand at the very foundation of everything we do, so much so that we take them for granted. Yet, this has not always been the case. This book reaches back to medieval Italy to speak of a time when measurements were displayed in the open, showing how such a deceptively simple innovation triggered a chain of cultural transformations whose consequences are visible today on a globa...
A Saint in the Sun
This volume contains translations or summaries of the most important panegyrics in praise of Saint Bernard that were preached during the reign of Louis XIV. Some of the preachers were and are regarded as the greatest orators ever to grace the French pulpit. All the translations are extensively annotated, and there are three introductory chapters providing a necessary background for appreciating the sermons. Sixteen preachers are represented, and, with one exception, none of the material has ever appeared in English. For those interested in the afterlife of Saint Bernard, as he was used, and sometimes abused, in the reign of the Sun King, this collection provides essential primary sources.
The Five Wounds of Saint Francis
Many saints have borne the stigmata - wounds resembling those of Christ's crucifixion. While some of those saints have written about their experience, little is known of the personal experience of the first of all saints to brandish this extraordinary sign, Francis of Assisi. They were and have remained his carefully guarded secret. In The Five Wounds of Saint Francis, author Fr. Solanus Benfatti, CFR, explores the significance of this miraculous event in the Saint's life through careful analysis of pertinent medieval literature and recent scholarly studies. He establishes the historicity of the event, which has been called into question, and draws surprising and inspiring conclusions, leaving the reader with a afresh understanding of Saint Francis's spiritual experience.
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Il pensiero del lunedì
Un breve pensiero all’iniziodi ogni settimana: l’autore comincia a inviarlo a un gruppi di amici e di exstudenti dei corsi di Teologia all’Università Cattolica. Col tempo l’uso si faconsuetudine e l’iniziativa assume il nome de «Il pensiero del lunedì»: leriflessioni, per quanto brevi, ambiscono ad aprire una piccola finestra sullasettimana appena avviata, per affrontarla con un pizzico di consapevolezza inpiù e con uno spirito diverso. Le risposte che arrivano da oltre tremilaindirizzi e-mail sono interessanti. «Tutti accolgono il pensiero come un invitoa riflettere», spiega l’autore. «Molti lo inviano ad altri: a un amico, a unfamiliare, a un compagno di studi, a un collega di lavoro... Di norma percondividere la riflessione. A volte per richiamare a un valore che ritengonoimportante, utilizzando l’e-mail quasi come una raccomandazione. Altriutilizzano i pensieri per dare avvio a un incontro in parrocchia, a scuola, sulposto di lavoro...»
The Solar Myths and Opicinus de Canistris
C.G. Jung held an ‘extemporaneous’ seminar on “The Solar Myths and Opicinus de Canistris” at the 1943 Eranos Conference. In a complete version for the first time, this book presents all of the known material relating to the seminar, including notes taken by two of his students, Alwine von Keller and Rivkah Schärf Kluger, and the outline that Jung himself prepared. Opicinus de Canistris (1296–c. 1352) was a priest and cartographer from near Pavia, Italy. His typically medieval cartography is characterized by historical, theological, symbolic and astrological references along with a curious anthropomorphism, which depicted continents and oceans with human features. Jung recognized t...
