Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works

by Bernard of Clairvaux

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 1987

Overview

Featuring a new translation by G.R. Evans, Bernard of Clairvaux’s writings have played a major role in shaping the Western monastic tradition and influencing the development of Roman Catholic mystical theology. Together with an introduction by the master of Bernard studies, Jean Leclercq, they comprise a volume that occupies a place of special importance in the chronicle of the history of the Western spiritual adventure.

Key Features

• An expert treatment of mystical literature
• Fully integrates and cross references with other resources from your Logos library
• Allows for the writings of Bernard of Clairvaux to be more readily grasped through a fresh translation

Contents

Top Highlights

“‘Humility is the virtue by which a man recognizes his own unworthiness because he really knows himself.’” (Page 103)

“For the soul itself is nothing but reason, memory, and will.^{11” (Page 75)}

“We may wonder which is the real question: whether God is to be loved because he deserves it, or because it is for our good.” (Page 174)

“If a man thinks (Jas 1:7) that what he is asked to do is easy, it is as though he did not know about spiritual warfare” (Page 73)

“But the soul which finds itself contaminated in this way cannot cast itself away as a man can cast away his clothes” (Page 69)

Product Details

• Title: Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works
• Author: Bernard of Clairvaux
• Series: The Classics of Western Spirituality
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 1987
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 352
• Era: era:medieval
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon › Sermons; Catholic Church › Sermons; Sermons, English › Translations from Latin; Sermons, Latin › Translations into English; Spiritual life › Catholic authors
• Resource ID: LLS:BRNRDCLRVWRTNGS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-03-11T21:11:28Z

About Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) was a French abbot, confessor, saint, and Doctor of the Church. He is honored as a founder of the Cistercian order because of his role in popularizing the order in the twelfth century. He takes his name from a monastery he founded on June 25, 1115—soon after joining the Cistercians. He named the monastery Claire Vallée, which evolved into Clairvaux. St. Bernard spent 40 years in cloister, but wielded considerable influence in the Church during that time—working to end a schism, combat heresy, and start the Second Crusade. After his death, he was canonized by Pope Alexander III in 1174. His numerous theological writings are so timeless and powerful that they earned him the title of Doctor of the Church in 1830, and Pope Pius XII wrote an encyclical on him, Doctor Mellifluus, in 1953.