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
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
