Select Works, Vol. 1

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Author: Bernard of Clairvoux ISBN: 9781936392384
Publisher: Ripublishing@mail.com Publication: November 30, 2013
Imprint: Revelation Insight Language: English
Author: Bernard of Clairvoux
ISBN: 9781936392384
Publisher: Ripublishing@mail.com
Publication: November 30, 2013
Imprint: Revelation Insight
Language: English

It is hard to know how to characterize Bernard of Clairvaux. On the one hand, he is called the “honey-tongued doctor” for his eloquent writings on the love of God. On the other hand, he rallied soldiers to kill Muslims during the Crusades. He wrote eloquently on humility; then again, he loved being close to the seat of power and was an adviser to five popes. He is well regarded as the last of the Church Fathers & one of the great mystics.

What Bernard is remembered for today, more than his reforming zeal and crusade preaching is his mystical writings. His best-known work is On Loving God, in which he states his purpose at the beginning: “You wish me to tell you why and how God should be loved. My answer is that God, Himself, is the reason he is to be loved.”

What is clear is this: 400 years after his death, he was still widely quoted by Catholics and Protestants, both of whom claimed his support. John Calvin considered him the major witness to truth between Gregory the Great and the 1500s. Moreover, today his writings still guide spiritual lives not only of the order he made famous, the Cistercians, but also by men and women in all walks of life.

His other great literary legacy is Sermons on the Song of Songs, 86 sermons on the spiritual life that, in fact, only tangentially touch on the biblical text.

Assembled in this volume are some of his letters, which are in chronological order addressed to various personnel.

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It is hard to know how to characterize Bernard of Clairvaux. On the one hand, he is called the “honey-tongued doctor” for his eloquent writings on the love of God. On the other hand, he rallied soldiers to kill Muslims during the Crusades. He wrote eloquently on humility; then again, he loved being close to the seat of power and was an adviser to five popes. He is well regarded as the last of the Church Fathers & one of the great mystics.

What Bernard is remembered for today, more than his reforming zeal and crusade preaching is his mystical writings. His best-known work is On Loving God, in which he states his purpose at the beginning: “You wish me to tell you why and how God should be loved. My answer is that God, Himself, is the reason he is to be loved.”

What is clear is this: 400 years after his death, he was still widely quoted by Catholics and Protestants, both of whom claimed his support. John Calvin considered him the major witness to truth between Gregory the Great and the 1500s. Moreover, today his writings still guide spiritual lives not only of the order he made famous, the Cistercians, but also by men and women in all walks of life.

His other great literary legacy is Sermons on the Song of Songs, 86 sermons on the spiritual life that, in fact, only tangentially touch on the biblical text.

Assembled in this volume are some of his letters, which are in chronological order addressed to various personnel.

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