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Spiritual Tractates Volumes One and Two

Spiritual Tractates Volumes One and Two

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Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780879070960
Number of Pages: 468
Published: 01/11/2001
Width: 14 cm
Height: 21.6 cm

Abbot of Ford, bishop of Worcester, archbishop of Canterbury–Baldwin remained a contemplative in a world of medieval intrigue. The acerbic Gerald the Welshman, who admired few people and accompanied Baldwin on visitation in Wales, considered him gullible and further out of his depth at each ecclesiastical promotion. the Benedictines of Canterbury cathedral found his unworldliness vexsome. But to the Cistercians of Ford, in Dorser, he was loved as a spiritual guide and teacher of prayers. 

The Spiritual Tractates were written almost entirely during the decade Baldwin lived at Forde, probably as sermons which were then recast later. They reveal a man thoroughly and happily at home in cistercian spirituality, an acute theologian well aware of contemporary currents, and one of the last true representatives of the rich patristic-monastic tradition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume One

Introduction
     Notes to the Introduction
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Baldwin of Ford: Spiritual Tractates
Tractate I:     On the Most Holy Sacrament of Eucharist
Tractate II:    On the Corrupt Way of Life of the Clergy and People
Tractate III:   On the Love of God
Tractate IV:   On the Twofold Resurrection Which is Obtained by Perseverance in Obedience
Tractate V:    On the Rest Which Christ Has Sought and Prepared for Himself and for Us
Tractate VI:   On the Power of the Word of God
Tractate VII:  On the Angelic Salutation
Tractate VIII: On the Wound of Love Which the Bride Inflicts Upon the Bridegroom
Volume Two
Tractate  IX / i:  On the Beatitudes in the Gospel
Tractate  IX / ii:  On the Meek
Tractate  IX / iii: On Those Who Mourn
Tractate  IX / iv: On Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
Tractate  X / i:  On the Seal of the Love of God
Tractate  X / ii:  On Human Misery and Want Which results from Sin
Tractate XI:    On the Crucifixion of Our Old Man
Tractate  XII:  An Exhortation to Priests
Tractate  XIII: On the Love of God Poured Fourth in Our Hearts
Tractate  XIV: On the Order of Charity
Tractate  XV:  On the Cenobitic or Common Life
Tractate  XVI:  In Praise of Perfect Monks
Index of Principal Latin Words
Index of Proper Names
Systematic Index

Baldwin of Forde, David N. Bell

David N. Bell (1943-2025) was professor emeritus of religious studies and dean of theology at Queen's College, St. John's, Newfoundland, and canon theologian in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. John's. He is the author of a number of books published by Cistercian Publications, including The Very Devout Meditations attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, Handmaid of the Lord: Mary, the Cistercians, and Armand-Jean de Rancé (CS293, 2021), Everyday Life at La Trappe under Armand-Jean de Rancé (CS274, 2018), and A Saint in the Sun: Praising Saint Bernard in the France of Louis XIV (CS271, 2017).