Honey and Salt
Author: Bernard, St.
ISBN: 9780375725654
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 May 2007
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback / softback
A selection of the writings of one of the greatest men of his age, a 12th-century monk and passionate reformer who has had a profound influence on believers for more than eight centuries. A VINTAGE SPIRITUAL CLASSICS ORIGINAL.BR>BR>Bernard of Clairvaux, the twelfth-century monk who wrote that "Jesus is honey in the mouth, melody in the ear, a cry of joy in the heart," was both a mystic and a reformer. His writings reveal a mystical theology that Thomas Merton, a monastic heir to Bernard's Cistercian reform, says "explains what it means to be united to God in Christ but (also) shows the meaning of the whole economy of our redemption in Christ." Critical of the monastic opulence of his times, Bernard exhorted his monks to consider that "Salt with hunger is seasoning enough for a man living soberly and wisely." Martin Luther believed that Bernard was "the best monk that ever lived, whom I admire beyond all the rest put together."br>br>Bernard's zeal and charisma led to the reform of Christian life in medieval Europe. Today it is reported that Pope Benedict XVI keeps Bernard's treatise i>Advice to a Pope /i>close at hand for spiritual support. i>Honey and Salt /i>is an original selection for the general reader of Bernard's sermons, treatises, and letters.
ISBN: 9780375725654
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 May 2007
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback / softback
A selection of the writings of one of the greatest men of his age, a 12th-century monk and passionate reformer who has had a profound influence on believers for more than eight centuries. A VINTAGE SPIRITUAL CLASSICS ORIGINAL.BR>BR>Bernard of Clairvaux, the twelfth-century monk who wrote that "Jesus is honey in the mouth, melody in the ear, a cry of joy in the heart," was both a mystic and a reformer. His writings reveal a mystical theology that Thomas Merton, a monastic heir to Bernard's Cistercian reform, says "explains what it means to be united to God in Christ but (also) shows the meaning of the whole economy of our redemption in Christ." Critical of the monastic opulence of his times, Bernard exhorted his monks to consider that "Salt with hunger is seasoning enough for a man living soberly and wisely." Martin Luther believed that Bernard was "the best monk that ever lived, whom I admire beyond all the rest put together."br>br>Bernard's zeal and charisma led to the reform of Christian life in medieval Europe. Today it is reported that Pope Benedict XVI keeps Bernard's treatise i>Advice to a Pope /i>close at hand for spiritual support. i>Honey and Salt /i>is an original selection for the general reader of Bernard's sermons, treatises, and letters.
