Rule of St Basil in Latin and English (Revised, Critical)
ISBN: 9780814682128 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Basil of Caesarea (AD 329-78), called the Great" by later generations, was one of the fourth century's greatest theologians and pastors. His influence on the foundation of monastic life was enormous. As he toured the early ascetic communities, members would ask Basil about various aspects of living the Gospel life. Their questions and Basil's replies were taken down by tachygraphers and eventually became the "Small Asketikon," first published in 366. The "Regula Basilii" is a Latin translation of this work, done by Rufinus of Aquileia in 397. It is one of the major sources of the Rule of... Basil of Caesarea (AD 329-78), called the Great" by later generations, was one of the fourth century's greatest theologians and pastors. His influe... |
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Prayer of Love and Silence
ISBN: 9780879077730 / Angielski / Miękka / 145 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Calm and spirituality--the true hallmarks of Carthusian writings--distinguish this book. The first part sets out the principles of the interior life; the second works out a method of prayer. There follow eleven sermons, originally given to monks in chapter, which illustrate this approach. The final portion discusses the complex doctrine of the Trinity: the extraordinary clarity. Broken into short chapters, the book is designed for personal reflection and meditation. Calm and spirituality--the true hallmarks of Carthusian writings--distinguish this book. The first part sets out the principles of the interior lif... |
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The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
ISBN: 9781602063730 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. St. Ignatius of Loyola wrote the Spiritual Exercises between 1522 and 1524, and today, nearly five centuries later, Jesuits in training are still required to study it and follow its precepts during their first year in the novitiate. Not designed to be read cover to cover in one sitting, this book is made up of daily meditations meant to be closely examined in isolation over a period of about four weeks, under the guidance of a spiritual director. Though The Spiritual Exercises have traditionally been read primarily by those training for the priesthood, in recent years increasing numbers of...
St. Ignatius of Loyola wrote the Spiritual Exercises between 1522 and 1524, and today, nearly five centuries later, Jesuits in training are still requ...
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Maintain A Light Burning: Notes From The Monastery
ISBN: 9781478217732 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a collection of reminiscences from visitors to the Abbey of New Clairvaux in Vina, California, a Trappist monastery These contributions bring to life that tension between the secular and the holy; between inside and outside the monastic enclosure. These essays are about being in the moment as one walks to the chapel, or has a cup of tea; and about coming to or leaving the monastery, away from the place and desiring to be there. These are simple, straightforward poems, notes and diary extracts. None of the writers is an expert in theology or church history, or any master of the divine....
This is a collection of reminiscences from visitors to the Abbey of New Clairvaux in Vina, California, a Trappist monastery These contributions bring ...
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A Critical Study of the Rule of Benedict - Volume 2: Prologue, Chapters 4, 6, 7 and 73
ISBN: 9781565484948 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The work of Dom Adalbert de Vog, O.S.B. (1924-2011) serves as the basis of all serious study of the Rule of Benedict. In the first volume of this edition, Vog uses literary criticism to show how the Rule of Benedict developed. He establishes the dependence of the Rule of Benedict on the Rule of the Master.
The work of Dom Adalbert de Vog, O.S.B. (1924-2011) serves as the basis of all serious study of the Rule of Benedict. In the first volume of this edit...
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Born from the Gaze of God: The Tibhirine Journal of a Martyr Monk (1993-1996)Volume 37
ISBN: 9780879070373 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christophe Lebreton, OCSO, aged forty-six, was the youngest of the seven Trappist monks assassinated in Algeria by terrorists in 1996. He was also the poet of the group. Anyone who was enthralled by the film Of Gods and Men should find in Brother Christophe's Journal ample and deeply moving material for meditation on both the light and the darkness inherent in the human condition. The Journal begins in 1993, four months before the terrorists' first visit to the monastery at Tibhirine, and it ends on March 19, 1996, just seven days before the monks' abduction. Entry after entry touches readers...
Christophe Lebreton, OCSO, aged forty-six, was the youngest of the seven Trappist monks assassinated in Algeria by terrorists in 1996. He was also the...
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Mystagogy: A Monastic Reading of Dionysius Areopagita
ISBN: 9780879072506 / Angielski / Miękka / 457 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mystagogy: A Monastic Reading of Dionysius Areopagita proposes an interpretation of the Pseudo-Dionysian corpus in light of the liturgical and ascetic tradition that defined the author and his audience. Characterized by both striking originality and remarkable fidelity to the patristic and late neoplatonic traditions, the Dionysian corpus is a coherent and unified structure, whose core and pivot is the treatise known as the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy. Given Pseudo-Dionysius' fundamental continuity with earlier Christian theology and spirituality, it is not surprising that the... Mystagogy: A Monastic Reading of Dionysius Areopagita proposes an interpretation of the Pseudo-Dionysian corpus in light of the liturgical a... |
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Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug: A New Translation and Introduction
ISBN: 9780879071356 / Angielski / Miękka / 594 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The thirteen Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug (445-523) were delivered to new monks at a monastery under his episcopal care. Written in elegant Syriac, the Discourses deal with the fundamentals of the monastic and ascetic life-faith, simplicity, fear of God, renunciation, and the struggle against the demons of gluttony and fornication. This is Philoxenos's longest work and his most popular. It avoids the strident character of his letters and commentaries that were composed to advance the anti-Chalcedonian movement. This is the first English translation of an important... The thirteen Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug (445-523) were delivered to new monks at a monastery under his episcopal care. Written in el... |
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Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World: From 'After Virtue' to a New Monasticism (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 9780718892418 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first edition of Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World became one of the founding and guiding texts for new monastic communities. In this revised edition, Jonathan Wilson focuses more directly on lessons for these communities from Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue. In the midst of the unsettling cultural shifts from modernity to postmodernity, a new monastic movement is arising that strives to be a faithful witness to the gospel. These new monastic communities seek to participate in Christ's life in the world and bear witness by learning to live intentionally as the church in Western...
The first edition of Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World became one of the founding and guiding texts for new monastic communities. In this revise...
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Creating Community: Ancient ways for modern churches
ISBN: 9780857460097 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Creating Community; shows how the insights of 'new monasticism' can help people deepen their connection with God and each other, and connect God with the whole of life based around the importance of a way (or rule) of life, a network of soul friends, and a rhythm of prayer.
'Creating Community; shows how the insights of 'new monasticism' can help people deepen their connection with God and each other, and connect God with...
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The Cistercians in the Middle Ages
ISBN: 9781843836674 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Cistercians (White Monks) were the most successful monastic experiment to emerge from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. By around 1150 they had established houses the length and breadth of Western Christendom and were internationally renowned. They sought to return to a simple form of monastic life, as set down in the Rule of St Benedict, and preferred rural locations -far from the haunts of men-. But, as recent research has shown, they were by no means isolated from society but influenced, and were influenced by, the world around...
The Cistercians (White Monks) were the most successful monastic experiment to emerge from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the ele...
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War and the Making of Medieval Monastic Culture
ISBN: 9781843838678 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "An extremely interesting and important book... makes an important contribution to the history of medieval monastic spirituality in a formative period, whilst also fitting into wider debates on the origins, development and impact of ideas on crusading and holy war." Dr William Purkis, University of Birmingham Monastic culture has generally been seen as set apart from the medieval battlefield, as "those who prayed" were set apart from "those who fought." However, in this first study of the place of war within medieval monastic culture, the author shows the limitations of this division. Through...
"An extremely interesting and important book... makes an important contribution to the history of medieval monastic spirituality in a formative period...
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A New Monastic Handbook: From Vision to Practice
ISBN: 9781848254589 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two leading practitioners of new monasticism open up the movement's spiritual landscape and its distinctive calling and gifts within today's church. Practical experiences and stories are set alongside reflection and liturgies as a creative resource for all who are already involved in, or are exploring intentional living in community. Focusing on new monasticism's key characteristics of prayer, mission and community, this book explores: continuity with traditional religious life innovations, such as its use of social networking technology potential for spiritual formation preference for the...
Two leading practitioners of new monasticism open up the movement's spiritual landscape and its distinctive calling and gifts within today's church. P...
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Religious Women in Early Carolingian Francia: A Study of Manuscript Transmission and Monastic Culture
ISBN: 9780823256877 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Religious Women in Early Carolingian Francia, a groundbreaking study of the intellectual and monastic culture of the Main Valley during the eighth century, looks closely at a group of manuscripts associated with some of the best-known personalities of the European Middle Ages, including Boniface of Mainz and his "beloved,"abbess Leoba of Tauberbischofsheim. This is the first study of these "Anglo-Saxon missionaries to Germany" to delve into the details of their lives by studying the manuscripts that were produced in their scriptoria and used in their communities. The author explores how one...
Religious Women in Early Carolingian Francia, a groundbreaking study of the intellectual and monastic culture of the Main Valley during the eighth cen...
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Seventy-Four Tools for Good Living: Reflections on the Fourth Chapter of Benedict’s Rule
ISBN: 9780814637203 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is more in Benedict s Rule than meets the eye. Based on the rules of life of John Cassian and Saint Basil, Benedict invites us to go further back to the scriptural basis of all Christian and monastic living and pursue our spiritual journey by the guidance of the Gospel.This book of reflections on the tools for good living is intended to be read very slowly, one section at a time. In addition to communicating reflections on each verse of chapter 4, Casey invites readers to: continue the process of reflection for themselves; apply what is written to their own lives; draw on their own...
There is more in Benedict s Rule than meets the eye. Based on the rules of life of John Cassian and Saint Basil, Benedict invites us to go further bac...
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The Spirit of Saint Dominic
ISBN: 9781470194697 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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A Little Benedictine Oblate Manual
ISBN: 9781492263104 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Regola di vita: monaci missionari
ISBN: 9781493711345 / Włoski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La vita monastica non cessa di attrarre uomini e donne. Senza ulteriori "strategie" pastorali essa annuncia il Vangelo del Regno e invita a seguire Cristo, unico Salvatore del mondo. Ne era convinto san Gregorio Magno, ne era convinto san Bonifacio, apostolo della Germania. Ecco, allora, un piccolo libro per mettersi alla loro scuola, nella scia antica e tradizionale del monachesimo. Per poter seguire il Signore Gesu nella conversione della propria vita, nella fedelta ad un ideale e in un'obbedienza vera e liberatrice. In un parola, per essere nel nostro tempo monaci e missionari. La...
La vita monastica non cessa di attrarre uomini e donne. Senza ulteriori "strategie" pastorali essa annuncia il Vangelo del Regno e invita a seguire Cr...
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Solutions to Thirty-Eight Questions
ISBN: 9780879072537 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perhaps the least studied of Hildegard of Bingen's writings, Solutions to Thirty-Eight Questions is translated in this volume into English for the first time from the original Latin. In this work of exegesis, Hildegard (1098-1179) resolves thorny passages of Scripture, theological questions, and two issues in hagiographic texts. Solutions to Thirty-Eight Questions joins Hildegard's Homilies on the Gospels, which were directed to her nuns, as evidence of the seer's exegetical writing as well as her authority as an exegete. The twelfth-century saint wrote in...Perhaps the least studied of Hildegard of Bingen's writings, Solutions to Thirty-Eight Questions is translated in this volume into English f... |
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Monastica 1: Donati Regula, Pseudo-Columbani Regula monialium (frg.)
ISBN: 9783110333978 / Łaciński / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents a critical edition of two Latin monastic texts from late antiquity along with a scholarly introduction. The Regula Donati and the anonymous Fragmentum Regulae were both designed for nunneries. Donat's rules in particular transmit a complex tradition of early monastic rules. This volume presents a critical edition of two Latin monastic texts from late antiquity along with a scholarly introduction. The Regula Donati<... |
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