In fifty-four sermons following the liturgical year, Guerric reveals his deep familiarity with Scripture and his incisive mind, and tells succeeding generations al they know of his life and personality.
In fifty-four sermons following the liturgical year, Guerric reveals his deep familiarity with Scripture and his incisive mind, and tells succeedin...
Guerric of Igny (d. 1157) ranks with Bernard of Clairvaux, Aelred of Rievaulx, and William of Saint Thierry as one of 'the four evangelists of Ca(R)teaux'. Yet he is known only through these Liturgical Sermons and a scattering of historical references.
Born probably at Tournai and educated in the humanities and theology at the noted cathedral school there, he visited the cistercian abbey of Clairvaux as a seasoned scholar, with no intention whatever of abandoning academic life for the cloister. Urged to stay by the always persuasive Abbot Bernard, however, 'without delay or looking...
Guerric of Igny (d. 1157) ranks with Bernard of Clairvaux, Aelred of Rievaulx, and William of Saint Thierry as one of 'the four evangelists of Ca(R...
The Epistle to the Romans was a favorite text of medieval commentators, especially in an age concerned with the theology of grace. William of Saint Thierry's Exposition is a thoroughly monastic text. In it the twelfth-century monk is concerned, not with dialectic or scholastic disputation, but with something far more personal: humility of heart and the recovery of the image of God in fallen humankind. Only when a person is open to God's grace can growth occur. William is convinced of this. He hopes to convince us of it. He sings the praises of God's grace. He combs Scripture for insights...
The Epistle to the Romans was a favorite text of medieval commentators, especially in an age concerned with the theology of grace. William of Saint...
Perhaps Bernard's most delightful tract, On Loving God posits that everything good in human persons is an expression of God's love and by love the person may participate in the being of the triune God. In a new analytic commentary, Stiegman examines Bernard's language, logic, and theology, demonstrating the vital importance of reading medieval authors on their own terms, without superimposing categories developed by later generations.
Perhaps Bernard's most delightful tract, On Loving God posits that everything good in human persons is an expression of God's love and by lo...
Beatrice of Nazareth and the amazing group of nuns and beguines who lived and wrote, or were written about, in the Low Countries during the thirteenth century have recently begun to receive attention from English-speaking Flemish scholars of the past half century. Roger DeGanck brings these women and their spirituality vividly to life, drawing on his long experience in Cistercian monastic life, his training in theology, his familiarity with Flemish scholarship, his fluency in Latin, and long years of painstaking personal study.
Beatrice of Nazareth and the amazing group of nuns and beguines who lived and wrote, or were written about, in the Low Countries during the thirteenth...
