The Letters of St Bernard of Clairvaux

by Bernard of Clairvaux

Publisher:

Cistercian Publications

, 1998

Overview

This classic translation of the correspondence of Bernard is reprinted with a new introduction which takes into account the wealth of scholarship which has appeared in the last forty years. Professor Kienzle discusses the translation of medieval and monastic letter-writing and provides a new chronology and select bibliography.

Product Details

• Title: The Letters of St Bernard of Clairvaux
• Author: Bernard of Clairvaux
• Series: Cistercian Fathers Series
• Publisher: Cistercian Publications
• Print Publication Date: 1998
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 562
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153 › Correspondence; Christian saints › France--Correspondence
• ISBNs: 9780879071622, 0879071621
• Resource ID: LLS:STBERNARDLETTERS
• Resource Type: text.monograph.letters
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-21T20:23:33Z

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.