Five Books on Consideration
Five Books on Consideration

Author: Bernard (Clairvaux, Abt, Heiliger)

Publisher: Cistercian Publications Books

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13:

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Always a vigorous champion of papal reforms, Bernard of Clairvaux toward the end of his life saw one of his own monks raised to the papal throne as Eugene III. While acting as the new Pope's political and spiritual counsellor, the Great Cistercian abbot was tireless in advancing Eugene's policies and in defending his authority and prestige. Both as a monk and as a strategist, Bernard realized that political astuteness needs the complement of sober and honest reflection. In Five Books on Consideration he defines 'consideration' for the Pope by examining the practical and the theological demands of the papal office.

On the Priesthood
On the Priesthood

Author: Matthew Levering

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780742514959

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Controversy about the Catholic priesthood is nothing new. Just like laity, priests (including bishops and popes) have always been sinners. Some priests, like some laity, have caused grave scandal throughout the 2000-year history of the Church. Two questions arise from this reality. Why did Jesus Christ establish a ministerial priesthood for his Church, if the priesthood would sometimes cause scandal--what did he intend for the priesthood? Second, what has the Catholic Church in past times done about scandal in the priesthood--how has the Church corrected its priests and encouraged priests to lead lives of holiness? Amidst the noisy din of talking heads and self-proclaimed experts, this book offers solid warnings and directions about the priesthood from 15 saints of the past two millennia. On the Priesthood serves as a readable guide for priests, seminarians, and educated readers seeking to learn more about the simultaneous unworthiness and dignity of the priesthood. Always challenging and penetrating, the selections unite around one key point; the need for holiness.

Bernard of Clairvaux on the Life of the Mind
Bernard of Clairvaux on the Life of the Mind

Author: John R. Sommerfeldt

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780809142033

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A study of the many-faceted, complex, yet consistent thought of the most influential thinker of the first half of the twelfth century whose thought influenced all medieval thinkers, including Luther and Calvin.

Bernard of Clairvaux on the Spirituality of Relationship
Bernard of Clairvaux on the Spirituality of Relationship

Author: John R. Sommerfeldt

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780809142538

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"This study argues that Bernard impacted Europe politically, ecclesiastically, and spiritually because his own life embodied so many of the ideals and values of his age - some of which had not crystallized until his coming." "Bernard saw the Church as the sum of all those pursuing, however feebly, the path to perfection. For him, Noah, Daniel, and Job signified the three orders of church and society: prelates, monks, and laypeople. His enthusiasm for church and society was matched by his confidence that people throughout Europe could respond positively to God's invitation to perfection and thus could reach the goal of happiness, no matter the social order to which they belonged or the pilgrim's path they followed."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Pater Bernhardus
Pater Bernhardus

Author: Franz Posset

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2018-08-09

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1532645902

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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

Sacred Scripture
Sacred Scripture

Author: Richard N. Soulen

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2010-02-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1611641799

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How did the Bible's sixty-six books become sacred Scripture? How have they been understood and interpreted over the last two thousand years? What was it that led to our acceptance of the Bible as the true word of God? For two millennia, Christians have accepted the importance of the Bible as sacred Scripture, and for as many years they have struggled to comprehend its meaning. Over the centuries the church has expressed the centrality of Scripture in numerous ways, and Christians have studied and interpreted the Bible in a wide variety of faithful approaches. Understanding that process is critical to our ability--and our willingness--to accept the Bible as sacred and true. To that end, Richard Soulen leads us through the history of how Christian understandings of the Bible have changed and developed throughout history.

Three Pseudo-Bernardine Works
Three Pseudo-Bernardine Works

Author: Ann Astell

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2018-03-22

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 0879075732

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During the "Silver Age" of the Cistercians (the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries), pseudepigraphical compositions bearing the name Bernard flourished. Important for the history of monasticism and, more broadly, of Christian spiritual formation and practice, these little-studied writings interpret, appropriate, transform, and apply Saint Bernard of Clairvaux's authentic works, transmitting them to new audiences. Under the direction of Ann Astell and Joseph Wawrykow, with the assistance of Thomas Clemmons, a talented team of young scholars from the University of Notre Dame (the Catena Scholarium) offers here a complete translation of three of these Pseudo-Bernardine essays, providing notes that identify sources, clarify allusions, highlight rhetorical strategies, and demonstrate overall a fascinating, intertextual complexity. The Bernard who emerges from these texts speaks with many voices to herald a living, Bernardine tradition.

A Companion to Bernard of Clairvaux
A Companion to Bernard of Clairvaux

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-03-21

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9004211985

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Bernard of Clairvaux is perhaps the most controversial figure of Western Europe's vibrant twelfth century. Unlike Abelard, who is seen as a proponent of modern thinking, Bernard is often relegated to the darkest corner of the Middle Ages. Nothing is easy with Bernard, but these fresh evaluations of him and their reviews of recent scholarship enable the reader to make a more balanced evaluation of the man, his writings, and his impact on his period. Bernard emerges as a multifaceted figure who sought to reform monasticism and ended up becoming a saint with an appeal to virtually all classes in medieval society. Bernard lives on today with the lay and monastic scholars who continue to find new layers of meaning in his writings. Contributors include Christopher Holdsworth, Michael Casey, James France, Diane Reilly, John Sommerfeldt, Mette B. Bruun, Burcht Pranger, Chrysogonus Waddell, E. Rozanne Elder, and Brian Patrick McGuire.

Great Catholic Reformers, The
Great Catholic Reformers, The

Author: C. Colt Anderson

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780809105793

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The Second Vatican Council stated that the church is always in need of purification and renewal, but it did not attempt to describe how this process takes place. This highly readable book presents lessons on church renewal for today from ten of the most significant reformers in church history. By looking at historical models from a variety of historical and cultural contexts, this book describes how reform takes place, what it looks and sounds like, and how it can be effective. The Great Catholic Reformers covers the careers of Pope Gregory the Great, Peter Damian, Bernard of Clairvaux, Clare of Assisi, Catherine of Siena, Jean Gerson, Jan Hus, Gasparo Contarini, John Henry Newman, and Dorothy Day. This diversity of reformers in our tradition suggests that legitimate reform within the Catholic Church can operate from different spiritualities, employ either gentle or harsh critiques, use secular or canon law to enforce discipline, and begin with lay men and lay women as well as with members of the religious or of the clergy. By offering these diverse models, The Great Catholic Reformers seeks to encourage every Catholic to take up the difficult task of reform and to provide them with examples that suit their own temperaments. It also aims at broadening tolerance for people who follow different approaches to reform. Book jacket.