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Product Identifiers
PublisherLiturgical Press
ISBN-100879074493
ISBN-139780879074494
eBay Product ID (ePID)251282
Product Key Features
Book TitleSpiritual Exercises
Number of Pages180 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1989
TopicSpirituality, Monasticism, Christianity / Catholic
GenreReligion
AuthorGertrude the Great of Helfta
Book SeriesCistercian Fathers Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight13 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN88-018949
Dewey Edition19
Series Volume Number49
Dewey Decimal248.3
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Abbreviations ix Introduction 1 Spiritual Exercises I. Rebirth 21 II. Spiritual Conversion 34 III. Dedication of the Self 40 IV. Following Christ 57 V. Mystical Union 73 VI. Jubilus 93 VII. Life in Death 122 Index of Scriptural Citations 147 Word Index 152
SynopsisThe remarkable monastery of Helfta was a 'place where learning and art, courtesy and holiness flowered in a dark season' of interregnal warfare.* The nuns drew their inspiration from the twin roots of Citeaux: the Rule of Saint Benedict and the constitutions of Citeaux; their spirituality, liturgy, customs, and habits were modelled on those of the White Monks, even though juridically they were not part of the Cistercian Order. Under the guidance of the thirteenth-century abbess Gertrud of Hackeborn, the nuns of Helfta steadfastly pursued learning and holiness. Among them were three outstanding women whose works have come down through the centuries: Mechtilde of Hackeborn, Mechtilde of Magdeburg, and the scholarly Gertrud the Great. Having entered monastic life at the age of five, Gertrud combined a deep knowledge of the Church Fathers and earlier medieval writers, an intimate familiarity with Scripture, and innate common sense. Her Spiritual Exercises --prayers, litanies, meditations, and hymns--articulate a spirituality that is both traditionally monastic and authentically, but unself-consciously, feminine. Hers is a mysticism of light and love, of humility and commitment, of freedom and discipline and--most of all--of joy. *M. Jeremy Finnegan OP, 'The Women of Helfta', Peace Weavers, Medieval Religious Women, 2:212., The most scholarly of the remarkable nuns of Helfta composed these meditations, rituals, prayers, instructions on how to pray, chants, hymns, and litanies in the late thirteenth century. Her mastery of poetic prose attests to the level of women's education in the highly cultured abbey she entered as a child of five and never, so far as we know, left even once.
LC Classification NumberBX2349.G42513 1989
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Spiritual Exercises for the Soul and oneness with God!
Awesome Book!!. Those interested in the mystics of ages, the exercises they used for oneness with God!! A must to read!!!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
