Liturgical Sermons Volume 2: Volume 2 - Brossura

Igny, Guerric Of

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0879072326 ISBN 13: 9780879072322

Casa editrice: Cistercian Publications, 1999

Riassunto

Guerric of Igny (d. 1157) ranks with Bernard of Clairvaux, Aelred of Rievaulx, and William of Saint Thierry as one of 'the four evangelists of Cîteaux'. Yet he is known only through these Liturgical Sermons and a scattering of historical references.

Born probably at Tournai and educated in the humanities and theology at the noted cathedral school there, he visited the cistercian abbey of Clairvaux as a seasoned scholar, with no intention whatever of abandoning academic life for the cloister. Urged to stay by the always persuasive Abbot Bernard, however, 'without delay or looking back, the cleric became a monk, the master a schoolboy'.

In 1138, again at Bernard's suggestion and despite his own protestations that he lacked the requisite wisdom and health, Guerric was elected as the second abbot of Igny, a daughter house of Clairvaux near Rheims. There he wrote the sermons which reveal the quality of his education, the profundity of his theology, and the pervasiveness of his cistercian spirit.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Cistercian Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0879072326
• ISBN 13: 9780879072322
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240