Books in the Cistercian Studies Series series

A Doctrinal and Spiritual Commentary

The Martyrs of Atlas

A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources

"Examines how the writings of the thirteenth-century nun Gertrude the Great of Helfta articulate an innovative relationship between a person's eucharistic devotion and her body"--

A New Translation and Introduction

Born in 1090, Bernard of Clairvaux died sixty-three years later, and was canonized in 1174. His friends and brothers began writing his official life even before he died, so convinced were they of his personal holiness and his importance to the Church of his day. Not everyone who knew him, however, liked him, no matter how much they may have admired his holiness. For nine centuries, those who have read his works and studied his activities have experienced a similar ambivalence. Some regard this 'most controversial and provocative of saints' as a great director of souls; others consider him an ecclesiastical busybody.In The Difficult Saint, Brian Patrick McGuire examines various facets of Bernard's life and the legend that survived him from the perspective of the Middle Ages and of the modern world. 'I want to suggest', he writes, 'that Bernard becomes more understandable as one grows older and gains more life experience'.

Chapter Talks

The Spirituality of the Christian East Volume 2

The Apophthegmata Patrum: The Alphabetic Collection

The Life of Antony, The Coptic Life and The Greek Life

Upper Egypt

Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles

Homilies on the Gospel Book One - Advent to Lent

Homilies on the Gospels Book Two - Lent to the Dedication of the Church

The Lives of the Monks of Paulestine

The Doctrine of Compunction in the Christian East

Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian East

Volume 1 Anselm's Letters as Prior and Abbot of Bec (1070-1092)

A Systematic Handbook Volume 1