Treatises, Epistles, and Sermons

with Roger of Byland, the Milk of Babe

AvGilbert of Hoyland,Lawrence C Braceland

Häftad, Engelska, 1981

Del 34 i serien Cistercian Fathers Series

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To encounter a person who makes holiness attractive is an enviable experience. Such a person was Gilbert of Hoyland, abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Swineshead in Lincolnshire, friend of Aelred of Rievaulx, and continuator of the sermons on the Song of Songs of Bernard of Clairvaux.When the great saint of Clairvaux died in 1153, he had reached only the first four versus of chapter three of the Canticle in his eight-four sermons. It was Gilbert who took up his unfinished task. When Gilbert in his turn died, leaving the commentary unfinished, it was brought to completion by yet another English abbot, John of Ford. Those who know and admire Bernard's eloquence and contemplative insight will want to make the acquaintance of his successors. While conscious of continuing his work and remaining true to his spirit, they infused their sermons with their own personalities and through them shared with others their own rich experiences of God. As Lawrence C. Braceland says in his introduction to this first English translation of Gilbert's work: Gilbert is an experience. He has found the Beloved.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1981-11-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cistercian Fathers Series
Antal sidor:252
Förlag:Liturgical Press
ISBN:9780879073381
Översättare:Lawrence C. Braceland

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Lawrence C. Braceland, (1912-1987) was professor of classics and dean at Ignatius College, Guelph (Canada), until in 1963 becoming professor of classics and dean of arts and sciences at St. Paul's College, the University of Manitoba. After his retirement in 1978, he devoted himself to Cistercian scholarship, publishing numerous articles and translating in four volumes all the works of the English Cistercian abbot Gilbert of Hoyland.

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CONTENTSAcknowledgment 1TREATISE 1 Contemplation of Heaven, to a Religious Called R 3TREATISE 2 Here we seek, there we see according to measure 15TREATISE 3 Joy differs on the way and in the Fatherland 23TREATISE 4 On conversation and colloquy, the shadows of substance 33TREATISE 5 Every best gift and every perfect grant 43TREATISE 6 One the redemption, to a friend 47TREATISE 7, part 1, On ambition and presumption, to Roger of Byland 57TREATISE 7, part 2, On the burdens of and qualifications for office 67SERMON, The word as a seed 83EPISTLE 1, On friendship, to Brother Richard 87EPISTLE 2, Vocation letter to Adam, a scholar 93EPISTLE 3, On perils of the court, to Brother William 99EPISTLE 4, Declining a friend's request 107THE MILK OF BABES, a letter from Roger of Byland 109Master Gilbert, Abbot, in MS Bodley 87 127Prologus Gileberti Abbatius super Evangelium secundum Matthaeum 128Abbot Gilbert's Prologue on the Gospel according to Matthew 129Sermo de eodem secundum Matthaeum 132Item sermo de eodem [martyre] 162Likewise a sermon on the same martyr 163Notes to Master Gilbert, Abbot 183Appendix: A Letter to Abbot Gilbert from his translator 197Abbreviations 205Selected Bibliography 207Index to the Works of Gilbert of Hoyland 213