Charter, Customs, and Constitutions of the Cistercians

Anglický jazyk

Charter, Customs, and Constitutions of the Cistercians

Vydavateľstvo: Cistercian Publications
Rok vydania: 2015
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 216 x 140 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9780879070410

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O knihe

As master of novices for ten years (1955-1965) at the Cistercian Abbey of Our
Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky, Thomas Merton was responsible for the spiritual
formation of young men preparing for monastic profession. In this volume, three
related sets of Merton's conferences on ancient and contemporary documents
governing the lives of the monks are published for the first time:
. on the Carta Caritatis, or Charter of Charity, the foundational document of the
Order of Cîteaux
. on the Consuetudines, the twelfth-century collection of customs and regulations
of the Order
. on the twentieth-century Constitutions of the Order, the basic rules by which
Merton and his students actually lived at the time
These conferences form an essential part of the overall picture of Cistercian
monastic life that Merton provided as part of his project of "initiation into the
monastic tradition" that is evident in the broad variety of courses that he put
together and taught over the period of his mastership.
As Abbot John Eudes Bamberger, OCSO, himself a former student of Merton,
notes in his preface to this volume, "The texts presented in this present book
eventually gave rise to the Cistercian way of spiritual living that continues to
contribute to the Church's witness in this new millennium. This publication is a
witness to the process of transformation that ensures the continuity of the Catholic
monastic tradition that witnesses to the God who, as Saint Augustine observed,
is 'ever old and ever new.'"