The Nature and Dignity of Love - Volume 30

William of Saint Thierry wrote down his reflections on the nature and greatness of love during the second decade of the twelfth century, while he was abbot of the benedictine monastery of St Thierry, near Rheims. His insight, drawn from Scripture and the Church Fathers, shaped his own spiritual journey and his earthly pilgrimage from the schools to the abbey and finally to cistercial life at Signy in the Ardennes. Love, he writes, is a force which draws human beings towards the God who is love. In love we were created 'to the image and likeness of God'...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David N. Bell, William of Saint-Thierry
• Con la collaborazione di: Thomas X Davis (Traduzione), Thomas X. Davis (Traduzione)
• Editore: Cistercian Publications
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.1981
• EAN: 9780879079307
• ISBN: 978-0-87907-930-7
• Pagine: 132
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 216 mm x 7 mm
• Peso: 177 g
• Serie: William of Saint Thierry (1070; Cistercian Fathers; Cistercian Fathers Series; William of Saint Thierry (1070; Cisterican Fathers
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo