WRITINGS ON THE
SPIRITUAL LIFE
A Selection of Works of Hugh, Adam, Achard, Richard, Walter, and Godfrey of
St. Victor
Christopher P. Evans (ed.)
A Selection of
Works of Hugh, Adam, Achard, Richard, Walter, and Godfrey of St. Victor
PAPERBACK; 614 PAGES; 2014
ISBN: 978-1-56548-504-4
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Read more about The Abbey and Order of St. Victor in the Twelfth Century
New Series
Victorine Texts in Translation
Exegesis, Theology and Spirituality from the Abbey of St Victor
Grover Zinn, Editor-in-Chief; Hugh Feiss, O.S.B., Managing Editor
The Canons following the Rule of St Augustine at St Victor in Paris were some
of the most influential religious writers of the Middle Ages. They combined
exegesis and spiritual teaching in a theology that was deeply rooted in tradition
but also attuned to current developments in the schools of Paris. This selection
of their writings on the spiritual life treats the development of Christian
life from the beginnings of conversion to the perfection of love and contemplation,
then moves on to prayer, meditation, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit and
finally presents poetical, exegetical and homiletic works honoring Mary, the
Mother of God. This rich and representative sampling of Victorine works is
a clear window into a world that still has much to offer modern readers interested
in spirituality, medieval or modern.
About this Book
Read more about The Abbey and Order of St. Victor in the Twelfth Century
New Series
Victorine Texts in Translation
Exegesis, Theology and Spirituality from the Abbey of St Victor
Grover Zinn, Editor-in-Chief; Hugh Feiss, O.S.B., Managing Editor
The Canons following the Rule of St Augustine at St Victor in Paris were some
of the most influential religious writers of the Middle Ages. They combined
exegesis and spiritual teaching in a theology that was deeply rooted in tradition
but also attuned to current developments in the schools of Paris. This selection
of their writings on the spiritual life treats the development of Christian
life from the beginnings of conversion to the perfection of love and contemplation,
then moves on to prayer, meditation, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit and
finally presents poetical, exegetical and homiletic works honoring Mary, the
Mother of God. This rich and representative sampling of Victorine works is
a clear window into a world that still has much to offer modern readers interested
in spirituality, medieval or modern.
“At last
we have in our hands wonderful, easily-accessible translations of the Victorine
School! Each of the previous three volumes in Victorine Texts in Translation
reveals how neglected these twelfth-century authors have been and contains
one insight after another. This latest volume, Writings on the Spiritual Life,
offers so many treasures in the art and theology of prayer that readers will
undoubtedly exclaim: “so it was not this or that giant of the thirteenth
century who first expressed this piece of wisdom. Not only have all those
involved in this project furthered scholarship, in this latest volume they
have placed invaluable tools in the hands of all those eager to grow in the
spiritual life.”
Regis J. Armstrong, O.F.M. Cap.
Hubbard Professor of Theology,
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
“In the
collection of volumes that form Victorine Texts in Translation, the editors
have made the happy choice of including the entire field of scholarship of
the School of St. Victor in Paris, knowing that its production extended in
many directions; and this new volume, Writings on the Spiritual Life, shows
us its breadth. This is because the School of St. Victor, a school of thought,
is also a school of the cloister. The teachings, spiritual thoughts, and sermons
contained here go to the very center of the preoccupations of the School.
We must note especially the remarkable Sequence of Adam and a hymn of Godfrey
of St. Victor; these verses are not so much a lyric translation of doctrinal
themes as a unique manner of penetration into its aspects. The panoply of
this volume reflects as well the spiritual life of this Parisian Abbey, not
only in the various literary genres that it brings to us, but also in its
formal structure and forms of prayer (by week, by degree, by style, and by
type), and its themes, (both ecclesiastic and anthropological).”
Fr. Patrice Sicard
Extraordinary Professor at the Faculty of Notre Dame College
of Bernardine, France
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