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The Cistercians (/ s ɪ ˈ s t ɜːr ʃ ən z /), officially the Order of Cistercians (Latin: (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Bernard ...
Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist. (Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, [a] and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercian Order.
New constitutions were approved in 1937, which recognized the Bernardines as Cistercians. In 1955, official approval from Rome enabled the sisters to take solemn vows as Cistercian nuns. Spiritual links with both the Cistercians of the Strict Observance and the Common Observance were firmly established.
The Spirituality of Western Christendom: E. Rozanne Elder: 33: Dorotheos of Gaza: Discourses and Sayings: Dorotheos of Gaza: 34: The Lives of the Desert Fathers: Historia Monachorum in Aegypto: Norman Russell: 35: The Cistercians in Denmark: their attitudes, roles, and functions in medieval society: Brian Patrick McGuire: 36: The Monastic Rule ...
The spiritual teachings of Bernard of Clairvaux. An intellectual history of the early Cistercian order. Cistercian Publications, Kalamazoo 1991. Bernard of Clairvaux on the life of the mind. Newman Press, New York 2004. Bernard of Clairvaux on the spirituality of relationship. Newman Press, New York 2004. Aelred of Rievaulx. Pursuing perfect ...
His writing brings together spiritual experience both from his life of prayer and his experience as part of a monastic community. Louf has translated many works into French, including the works of Isaac the Syrian. His books in English include: The Cistercian Way (1983) Tuning in to Grace (1992) Teach us to Pray (1992) Grace can do More (1995)
Secondly, Thomas skilfully combines Cistercian and Victorian spirituality. Finally, the book is not aimed at the most advanced adepts of the spiritual path, but rather at ordinary members of a Cistercian monastic community who are aware of their ordinary status, but who nevertheless seek to rise from the earthly to the divine vision. [4]
Alice's biography has been upheld as a model of Cistercian spirituality. Writing in 1954, Trappist monk Thomas Merton, for example, called the text "a practical and concise treatise of Cistercian asceticism." [9] Nevertheless, Alice of Schaerbeek was not particularly well known. Chyrsogone Waddell, reflecting on his entry into the Cistercian ...