Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard

Name: Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard
Author: Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton

ISBN: 9780879079093, CS009

Details: 242 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 1/2
Publication Date: 11/01/1980

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The best-known Cistercian of the twentieth century reflects on the teaching and life of the most renowned Cistercian of the twelfth century. Three essays written in the 1950s explore the relation of contemplation and action in the monastic vocation and in the life of Christians.

ISBN: 9780879079093, CS009

Details: 242 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 1/2
Publication Date: 11/01/1980

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. . . the clear, simple, and unsophisticated summary of Saint Bernard's thought given here is sound for non-specialists, not just for monks and nuns, but for all Christians interested in the life of prayer

Jean Leclercq

This book makes most valuable reading in itself and also throws light on Merton's own development . . . Bernard would have recognized his son

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