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Western Mysticism
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Historian and Character
A collection of essays and articles by Dom David Knowles.
The Lausiac History of Palladius
Published 1898-1904, this two-volume work includes Palladius' Greek text, critical notes and further discussion of Egyptian monasticism.
The Vatican Council, 1869-1870
This book was written before the advent of the Second Vatican Council. We find this note in the Preface: "The news that there will shortly be held a second Vatican Council has awakened world-wide interest. Many questions at once suggest themselves. What is a General Council of the Church? What sort of agenda will the Council have before it? What are the powers of such a Council? What happened at the First Vatican Council, nearly a hundred years ago? The present work ... provides a convenient answer to the last of these questions."
Benedictine Monachism
A classic study on Benedictine life and the Rule of St. Benedict by Dom Cuthbert Butler, Abbot of Downside Abbey.
Benedictine Monachism, Second Edition
St. Benedict's Rule has been one of the great facts in the history of western Europe, and its influence and effects are with us to this day. This being so, it is surely strange that, as I believe, the Rule has never yet been made the object of an historical study setting forth on an extended scale its principles and its working. Commentaries there are, explaining it chapter by chapter; but so far as I know, there is no systematic exposition of what may be called the philosophy, the theory, of the Benedictine rule and life, no explanation of the Benedictine spirit and tradition in regard either to its inner life or its outward manifestations. The present volume is an effort to supply this wan...
