William of St. Thierry (1080–1148)
Autore di The Golden Epistle: a Letter to the Brethren at Mont Dieu
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Don Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1413-1414.
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The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume I Advent Season and Christmas Season) (1974) — Collaboratore — 98 copie
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume II Lenten Season and Easter Season) (1974) — Collaboratore — 84 copie
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume III: The Weeks of the Year 6 - 34) (1974) — Collaboratore — 65 copie
Witness of the Saints: Patristic Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours (2012) — Collaboratore — 23 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1080
- Data di morte
- 1148-09-08
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Belgium
- Luogo di nascita
- Liège, Belgium
- Luogo di morte
- Signy-l'Abbaye, Ardennes, France
- Luogo di residenza
- Reims, France
- Attività lavorative
- theologian
mystic
abbot
monk - Organizzazioni
- Dominican Order
Cistercian Order
Roman Catholic Church - Breve biografia
- William of St-Thierry was a theologian and mystic, and abbot of the monastery of Saint-Thierry.
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- ISBN
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Never officially impeached on any count, this document was instead consistently praised for the practical use of a spiritual elite. Yet it sometimes strikes notes surprisingly reminiscent of Valentinian gnosis, such as the division of men into groups governed by their animal, rational, and spiritual principles.
"To refuse to be perfect is to be at fault. Therefore the will must always be fostered with this perfection in view and love made ready. The will must be prevented from dissipating itself on foreign objects, love preserved from defilement. For to this end alone were we created and do we live, to be like God; for we were created in his image." (II.XVI.259)
William counsels a moderated asceticism with respect to diet and sleep, but a surpassing discipline of individual activity to train the will, and a rejection of external images in favor of inward contemplation. And at the last, real spiritual attainment must be kept secret.… (altro)