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Category Archives: medieval
Who Can Keep Silent?
“Who can contemplate Eternity being born, Power itself failing, Bread going hungry, the Spring itself growing thirsty, without becoming speechless? But who can contemplate the beginning of our salvation, the day of human healing, without bursting forth in a voice … Continue reading
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Anselm on the Incarnation
In the late eleventh century, a famous theologian wrote a book called: Cur deus homo (usually translated as Why God Became a Man). Born in Aosta in modern northern Italy in 1033, Anselm left his home in the late 1050s … Continue reading
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The Foolishness of the Cross
“For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness; but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God.” I Corinthians 1:18 Based on St Paul’s text, Geoffrey Babion, a … Continue reading
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The Price of Satisfaction: Bernard of Clairvaux’s View of Redemption
“You lived, O man, in darkness and the shadow of death through ignorance of the truth; you were a prisoner and your sins were your shackles. He [Jesus] came down to you in your prison, not to torture you but … Continue reading
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The Art of Love
“The art of arts is the art of love. Nature, and God, the Author of nature, has reserved to himself the teaching of it. Love itself has been planted [in us] by the Creator of nature; so if its natural … Continue reading
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The Suffering of the Blessed Virgin
“Therefore, this holy Virgin was a true martyr during these three days, and they were much harder for her than the external pain and torture was for any other saint. She was in anxiety because of her Son that she … Continue reading
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Who Can Marvel Enough?
“An angel announces, power overshadows, and the Spirit startles; the Virgin believes, by faith the Virgin conceives, the Virgin gives birth, the Virgin remains a virgin: who would not marvel? Then is the Son of the Most High born, God, … Continue reading
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Pride Goes Before Destruction
“Pride goeth before destruction and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18 (Douay-Rheims) Pride (superbia) was the foundation of all sin in medieval piety and theology. A concept well-established on the Bible and the Church Fathers, pride … Continue reading
Posted in Augustine of Hippo, Bernard of Clairvaux, medieval, pride
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The Annunciation and Fishing
“On this holy day the Incarnation of Christ is announced through the angel, just as today is celebrated devoutly by the entire Church. It is read that on that day and at the same hour at which the first man … Continue reading
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Exaltation of the Cross
“God, who deigned to redeem the human race through the precious blood of Thy only-begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, graciously grant that whoever approaches to adore the life-giving cross, may be freed from the bonds of their sins.” [My … Continue reading
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