Bernard Of Clairvaux - On Baptism And The Office Of Bishops: On the conduct and Office of

Klappentext Two lengthy letters from the abbot of Clairvaux illuminate the transition in theological method in the mid twelfth-century. In this letter to the bishop of Sens on the responsibilities of his office! Bernard articulates his monastic conviction that authority in the Church must be accompanied by contemplative virtues! especially a deeply ingrained humility. Pastors who do attend to their own spiritual health! he explains! are incapable of caring for others. In his letter of baptism! written to Hugh of Saint Victor! Bernard seeks to refute what he considered the doctrinal error of an unnamed scholar-likely Peter Abelard-and assails a theological method he deemed likely to mislead the faithful! because-as Emero Stiegman says in the Introduction-he considered all theological questions 'in the perspective of God's love'. These two letter-treatises (42 and 77) are not included in Bruno Scott James' English translation of The Letters of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

Product details

• Authors: Bernard, Bernard of Clairvaux, Pauline/ Newman Matarasso
• Assisted by: Pauline Matarasso (Translation)
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2005
• EAN: 9780879075675
• ISBN: 978-0-87907-567-5
• No. of pages: 199
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Cistercian Fathers; Cistercian Fathers; Cisterican Fathers
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity