Cistercian Studies Explained

Cistercian Studies
Country:United States
Language:English
Discipline:Christianity
Publisher:Liturgical Press (formerly Cistercian Publications), Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
Pub Date:1968
Number Of Books:Approx. 300
Website:Web page

Cistercian Studies (abbreviated CS;) is a series of books published by Liturgical Press. The main focus of the series is on Christian monasticism, Christian mysticism, patristics, the history of Christianity, and other related topics.[1] [2]

List of volumes

List of volumes in the series:[3]

No. Title Author
1 Contemplative Prayer Thomas Merton
2 The monastic theology of Aelred of Rievaulx: an experiential theology Amédée Hallier
3 Cistercian Spirit: Symposium M. Basil Pennington
4 Evagrius Ponticus

The Praktikos & Chapters on Prayer

John Eudes Bamberger
5 Community and Abbot in the Rule of St. Benedict (2 Volumes) Adalbert de Vogüé
6 The Rule of the Master Luke Eberle
7 Aspects of monasticism Jean Leclercq
8 The eleventh-century background of Cîteaux Bede K. Lackner
9 Thomas Merton on St. Bernard Thomas Merton
10 William of St Thierry

The Man and His Work

Jean Déchanet
11 The Cistercian sign language: a study in non-verbal communication Robert A. Barakat
12 Rule and life: an interdisciplinary symposium M. Basil Pennington
13 Studies in Mediaeval Cistercian History: Presented to Jeremiah F. O'Sullivan Jeremiah Francis O'Sullivan
14 The abbot in monastic tradition: a contribution to the history of the perpetual character of the office of religious superiors in the West Pierre Salmon
15 The Golden Chain: A Study in the Theological Anthropology of Isaac of Stella Bernard McGinn
16 Bernard of Clairvaux and the Cistercian Spirit Jean Leclercq
17 Why monks? François Vandenbroucke
18 Merton's Theology of Prayer John J. Higgins
19 Contemplative Life Jean Leclercq
20 Consider Your Call: Theology of Monastic Life Today Daniel Rees
21 Contemplative Community: An Interdisciplinary Symposium M. Basil Pennington
22 Silence: The Meaning of Silence in the Rule of St. Benedict Ambrose G Wathen
23 Bernard of Clairvaux

Studies Presented to Dom Jean Leclercq

Jean Leclercq
24 Studies in medieval Cistercian history. II [papers] John R. Sommerfeldt
25 Christ the way: the Christology of Guerric of Igny John Morson
26 Russian Mystics Sergius Bolshakoff
27 Thomas Merton

the man and his work

Dennis Q. McInerny
28 Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: studies commemorating the eighth centenary of his canonization M. Basil Pennington
29 One yet two: monastic tradition, East and West: Orthodox-Cistercian Symposium, Oxford University, 26 August-1 September, 1973 M. Basil Pennington
30 The Spirituality of Western Christendom E. Rozanne Elder
33 Dorotheos of Gaza

Discourses and Sayings

Dorotheos of Gaza
34 The Lives of the Desert Fathers: Historia Monachorum in Aegypto Norman Russell
35 The Cistercians in Denmark: their attitudes, roles, and functions in medieval society Brian Patrick McGuire
36 The Monastic Rule of Iosif Volotsky David M. Goldfrank
37 Studies in monastic theology Odo Brooke
38 Abba: guides to wholeness and holiness, East and West: papers presented at a Symposium on Spiritual Fatherhood/Motherhood at the Abbey of New Clairvaux, Vina, California, 12-16 June, 1978 John R. Sommerfeldt
39 Households of God: Rule of St. Benedict, with Explanations for Monks and Lay-people Today David Parry
40 Solitude in the thought of Thomas Merton Richard Anthony Cashen
41 The practical and theological chapters; and, Three theological discourses Symeon the New Theologian
42 The Message of Thomas Merton Patrick Hart
43 Entirely for God: the life of Michael Iwene Tansi Elizabeth Allo Isichei
44 The Name of Jesus Irénée Hausherr
45 The Life of Saint Pachomius and His Disciples: Volume 1 Armand Veilleux
46 Pachomian Chronicles and Rules Armand Veilleux
47 Instructions, Letters and Other Writings of Saint Pachomius and His Disciples Armand Veilleux
48 Ladder of Monks and Twelve Meditations Guigo II
49 The Way to God According to the Rule of St. Benedict Emmanuel Heufelder
50 Aelred of Rievaulx

A Study

Aelred Squire
51 In quest of the absolute: the life and work of Jules Monchanin Jules Monchanin
52 Thomas Merton, Monk a Monastic Tribute Patrick Hart
53 Penthos: The Doctrine of Compunction in the Christian East Irénée Hausherr
55 The Roots of the Modern Christian Tradition [The Spirituality of Western Christendom II] E. Rozanne Elder
56 The Occupation of Celtic Sites in Medieval Ireland by the Canons Regular of St. Augustine and the Cistercians Geraldine Carville
57 Nicolas Cotheret's Annals of Citeaux, Outlined from the Original French Louis Julius Lekai
58 Sermons in a Monastery: Chapter Talks Matthew Kelty
59 The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Benedicta Ward
60 Cistercian ideals and reality John R. Sommerfeldt
61 Simplicity and ordinariness John R. Sommerfeldt
62 Thomas Merton's Shared Contemplation: A Protestant Perspective Daniel J. Adams
63 The chimaera of his age: studies on Bernard of Clairvaux E. Rozanne Elder
64 Cistercians in the Late Middle Ages E. Rozanne Elder
65 Noble piety and reformed monasticism E. Rozanne Elder
66 Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 1 Meredith P. Lillich
67 Benedictus, studies in honor of St Benedict of Nursia E. Rozanne Elder
68 Heaven on Earth (studies in Medieval Cistercian History, IX) E. Rozanne Elder
69 Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 2 Meredith Parsons Lillich
70 As We Seek God: International Reflections on Contemporary Benedictine Monasticism: Internati Stephanie Campbell
71 Medieval Religious Women: Distant Echoes John A. Nichols
72 Medieval Religious Women: Peace Weavers John A. Nichols
73 The Life of Shenoute Besa
74 Thomas Merton and Asia: his quest for utopia Alexander Lipski
75 Monastic practices Charles Cummings
76 The Cistercian Way André Louf
77 A thirst for God: Spiritual Desire in Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons on the Song of Songs Michael Casey
78 The image and likeness: the Augustinian spirituality of William of St Thierry David N. Bell
79 The Spirituality of the Christian East, Vol. 1: A Systematic Handbook Tomas Spidlik
80 The Letters of Armand-Jean de Rancé, Abbot and Reformer of La Trappe, Volume 1 Armand Jean Le Bouthillier De Rance
81 The Letters of Armand-Jean de Rancé, Abbot and Reformer of La Trappe, Volume 2 Armand Jean Le Bouthillier De Rance
82 Bede the Venerable

Commentary on the Seven Catholic Epistles

Venerable Bede
83 Serving God First: Insights on the Rule of St. Benedict Sighard Kleiner
84 Goad and nail E. Rozanne Elder
85 Finances of the Cistercian Order in the Fourteenth Century Peter King
86 Rancé and the Trappist Legacy A. J. Krailsheimer
87 Saint Hugh of Lincoln David Hugh Farmer
88 History of the Monks of Syria Theodoret of Cyrrhus
89 Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 3 Meredith Parsons Lillich
90 From Cloister to Classroom Monastic and Scholastic Approaches to Truth: The Spirituality of Western Christendom III E. Rozanne Elder
91 Fountains Abbey and Its Benefactors, 1132-1300 Joan Wardrop
92 The Legacy of Thomas Merton Patrick Hart
93 Fathers talking: an anthology Aelred Squire
94 William, Abbot of Saint Thierry: A Colloquium at the Abbey of Saint Thierry Jerry Carfantan
95 Friendship & community: the monastic experience, 350-1250 Brian Patrick McGuire
96 The Letters of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, volume 1 Anselm of Canterbury
97 The Letters of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, volume 2 Anselm of Canterbury
98 Erudition at God's Service: Studies in Medieval Cistercian History, XI (v. 11) John R. Sommerfeldt
99 St. Benedict's Rule for Monks: Selected Passages from the Rule of St. Benedict Abbot of Monte Cassino Saint Benedict
100 Selected Works Peter of Celle
101 The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life Sebastian Brock
102 Thomas Merton

Monk and Artist

Victor A. Kramer
103 Toward an Integrated Humanity: Thomas Merton's Journey M. Basil Pennington
104 Women and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Jean Leclercq
105 A Second Look at Bernard of Clairvaux Jean Leclercq
106 Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources Benedicta Ward
107 The life of Isaac of Alexandria & the martyrdom of Saint Macrobius Mēna of Nikiou
108 The Life of Saint Mary Magdalene and of Her Sister Saint Martha Rabanus Maurus
109 A Cloud of Witnesses: An Introductory History of the Development of Christian Doctrine David N. Bell
110 Homilies on the Gospels: Advent to Lent (Book 1) Venerable Bede
111 Homilies on the Gospels: Lent to the Dedication of the Church (Book 2) Venerable Bede
112 The Lives of Simeon Stylites Robert Doran
113 Hidden Springs: Cistercian Monastic Women John A. Nichols
113B Hidden Springs: Cistercian Monastic Women (Vol 3: Book 2 of 2) John A. Nichols
114 The Lives of the Monks of Palestine Cyril of Scythopolis
115 In the Unity of the Holy Spirit: Spiritual Talks on the Rule of Saint Benedict Sighard Kleiner
116 Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian East Irénée Hausherr
117 The Venerable Bede Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles Venerable Bede
118 The hermit monks of Grandmont Carole A. Hutchison
119 A Silent Herald of Unity: The Life of Maria Gabriella Sagheddu Martha Driscoll
120 The mystical theology of Saint Bernard Étienne Gilson
121 Beatrice of Nazareth in her Context Roger De Ganck
122 Towards Unification with God (Beatrice of Nazareth in her Context, Part Three) Roger De Ganck
123 Forty Gospel Homilies Pope Gregory I
124 The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem Sebastian Brock
125 The spiritual teachings of Bernard of Clairvaux: an intellectual history of the early Cistercian Order John R. Sommerfeldt
126 The Difficult Saint: Bernard of Clairvaux and His Tradition Brian Patrick McGuire
127 Love Without Measure: Extracts from the Writings of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Bernard of Clairvaux
128 Wholly Animals: A Book of Beastly Tales David N. Bell
129 Tuning in to Grace: The Quest for God André Louf
130 An index of authors and works in Cistercian libraries in Great Britain David N. Bell
131 The Cistercians in Scandinavia James France
132 An Index of Cistercian Authors and Works in Medieval Library Catalogues in Great Britain David N. Bell
133 The Monastic Journey Thomas Merton
134 Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 4 Meredith Parsons Lillich
135 Bernardus Magister: Papers Presented at the Nonacentenary Celebration of the Birth of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Kalamazoo, Michigan John R. Sommerfeldt
136 The Call of Wild Geese Matthew Kelty
137 They Speak by Silences A Carthusian
138 The Rule of Saint Augustine Saint Augustine
139 The Spiritual Meadow John Moschus
140 Histories of the Monks of Upper Egypt and the Life of Onnophrius: And, the Life of Onnophrius Paphnutius the Ascetic
141 Studiosorum speculum: studies in honor of Louis J. Lekai, O. Cist. Louis Julius Lekai
142 The Letters of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, volume 3 Anselm of Canterbury
143 Handmaids of the Lord: contemporary descriptions of feminine asceticism in the first six Christian centuries Joan M. Petersen
144 With Greater Liberty: A Short History of Christian Monasticism and Religious Orders Karl Suso Frank
145 Spirituality of the Medieval West: The Eighth to the Twelfth Century André Vauchez
146 Many Mansions: An Introduction to the Development & Diversity of Medieval Theology David N. Bell
147 The Contemplative Path: Reflections on Recovering a Lost Tradition E. Rozanne Elder
148 Drinking from the Hidden Fountain: A Patristic Breviary: Ancient Wisdom for Today's World Tomas Spidlik
149 Way of Silent Love A Carthusian
150 Abba Isaiah of Scetis: ascetic discourses Isaiah of Scetis
151 Reading Saint Benedict: Reflections on the Rule Adalbert de Vogüé
152 Stones Laid before the Lord: A History of Monastic Architecture Anselme Dimier
153 No Moment Too Small: Rhythms of Silence, Prayer, and Holy Reading Norvene Vest
155 The Meditations of Guigo I, Prior of the Charterhouse Prior of the Grande Chartreuse Guigo
156 Eros and Allegory: Medieval Exegesis of the Song of Songs Denys Turner
157 The Wound of Love A Carthusian
158 What Nuns Read: Books and Libraries in Medieval English Nunneries David N. Bell
159 The Spiritually Beneficial Tales of Paul, Bishop of Monembasia: And of Other Authors Bishop of Monemvasia Paul
160 The joy of learning and the love of God: studies in honor of Jean Leclercq Jean Leclercq
161 A gathering of friends: the learning and spirituality of John of Forde Hilary Costello
162 The Celtic Monk: Rules & Writings of Early Irish Monks Uinseann Ó Maidín
163 The Call of Silent Love A Carthusian
164 Interior Prayer A Carthusian
165 Achard of St Victor

Works

Achard of Saint-Victor
166 Where Silence Is Praise A Carthusian
167 Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 5 Meredith Parsons Lillich
168 Pater Bernhardus: Martin Luther and Bernard of Clairvaux Franz Posset
169 The Venerable Bede Benedicta Ward
170 The Cistercians in Medieval Art James France
171 A Monastic Odyssey Marie de la Trinité Kervingant
172 The Freedom of Obedience: Carthusian Novice Conferences A Carthusian
173 The Prayer of Love and Silence A Carthusian
174 Mercy in Weakness: Meditations on the Word André Louf
175 The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian Hilarion Alfeyev
176 The Three Founders of Citeaux Jean-Baptiste van Damme
177 Stephen of Muret

Maxims

Stephen of Muret
178 The Life of the Jura Fathers: The Life and Rule of the Holy Fathers Romanus, Lupicinus, and Eugendus, Abbots of the Monasteries in the Jura Mountains Tim Vivian
179 The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain David M. Robinson
180 The hermitage within: spirituality of the desert Alan Neame
181 High King of Heaven: Aspects of Early English Spirituality Benedicta Ward
182 Praying the Word: An Introduction to Lectio Divina Enzo Bianchi
183 Venerable Bede

Excerpts, Augustine, Paul

The Venerable Bede
184 Poor, Therefore Rich: Carthusian Novice Conferences Carthusian
185 Western Monasticism: A History of the Monastic Movement in the Latin Church Peter King
186 Halfway to Heaven: The Hidden Life of the Sublime Carthusians Robin Bruce Lockhart
187 Pathway of Peace: Cistercian Wisdom According to Saint Bernard Charles Dumont
188 From Advent to Pentecost: Carthusian Novice Conferences A Carthusian
189 A Life Pleasing to God: The Spirituality of the Rules of St Basil Augustine Holmes
190 Praying with Benedict: Prayer in the Rule of St. Benedict Korneel Vermeiren
191 Cistercian Europe: architecture of contemplation Terryl N. Kinder
192 Manjava Skete

Ukrainian Monastic Writings of the Seventeenth Century

Sophia Senyk
193 Praise No Less Than Charity: Studies in Honor of M. Chrysogonus Waddell, Monk of Gethsemani Abbey E. Rozanne Elder
194 Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 6 Meredith Parsons Lillich
195 Grace Can Do More: Spiritual Accompaniment and Spiritual Growth André Louf
196 The Book of Steps: The Syriac Liber Graduum Robert A. Kitchen
197 How Far to Follow?: The Martyrs of Atlas Bernardo Olivera
198 Ss. Vincenzo e Anastasio at Tre Fontane near Rome: history and architecture of a medieval Cistercian abbey Joan Barclay Lloyd
199 The search for God: conferences, letters, and homilies Bernardo Olivera
200 Grimlaicus

Rule for Solitaries

Grimlaicus
201 Bearers of the Spirit: Spiritual Fatherhood in the Romanian Orthodox Tradition Nicolas Stebbing
202 Against the Heathen Athanasius
204 Truth as gift: studies in medieval Cistercian history in honor of John R. Sommerfeldt Marsha L. Dutton
205 Understanding Rancé: The Spirituality of the Abbot of La Trappe in Context David N. Bell
206 The Spirituality of the Christian East, Vol. 2: Prayer Tomas Spidlik
207 Words to Live by: Journeys in Ancient And Modern Egyptian Monasticism (Colección Semillas) Tim Vivian
208 Stewards of the Poor: The Man of God, Rabbula, and Hiba in Fifth-century Edessa Robert Doran
209 Saint Mary of Egypt: Three Medieval Lives in Verse Ronald Pepin
210 Medieval images of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: illustrations James France
211 Peter Abelard after marriage: the spiritual direction of Heloise and her nuns through liturgical song Thomas J. Bell
212 Commentary on the Rule of Saint Benedict Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel
213 Christ Within Me: Prayers and Meditations from the Anglo-Saxon Tradition Benedicta Ward
214 Kurisumala

Francis Mahieu Acharya, a pioneer of Christian monasticism in India

Marthe Mahieu-De Praetere
215 The Blessing of Blessings: Grigor of Narek's Commentary on the Song of Songs Gregory of Narek (Grigor Narekatsi)
216 The Wisdom of the Pearlers: An Anthology of Syriac Christian Mysticism Brian Colless
217 Rooted in detachment: living the Transfiguration Kenneth Stevenson
218 A Cloud of Witnesses: An Introductory History of the Development of Christian Doctrine to 500 AD David N. Bell
219 Witness to Holiness: Abba Daniel of Scetis Tim Vivian
220 Benedict of Aniane

The Emperor's Monk

Allen Cabaniss
221 Nil Sorsky

The Authentic Writings

David Goldfrank
222 Lives of monastic reformers, 1: Robert of La Chaise-Dieu and Stephen of Obazine Ronald E. Pepin
223 The Life and Miracles of Saint Maurus Odo
224 Useful Servanthood: A Study of Spiritual Formation in the Writings of Abba Ammonas Bernadette McNary-Zak
225 Becoming Fire: Through the Year with the Desert Fathers and Mothers Tim Vivian
226 Stephen Harding

A Biographical Sketch and Texts

Claudio Stercal
227 A Light to Enlighten the Darkness: Daily Readings for Meditation During the Winter Season Emma Cazabonne
228 Orthodoxy: Evolving Tradition David N. Bell
229 Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons Evagrius of Pontus
230 The Lives of Monastic Reformers 2: Abbot Vitalis of Savigny, Abbot Godfrey of Savigny, Peter of Avranches, and Blessed Hamo Hugh Feiss
231 Reading to Live: The Evolving Practice of Lectio Divina Raymond Studzinski
232 Anselm of Havelberg, Anticimenon: on the unity of the faith and the controversies with the Greeks Bishop of Havelberg Anselm
233 In the Valley of Wormwood: Cistercian Blessed and Saints of the Golden Age Thomas Merton
234 The Holy Workshop of Virtue: The Life of John the Little by Zacharias of Sakha Tim Vivian
235 The Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug: A New Translation and Introduction Robert A. Kitchen
236 Outreach and renewal: a first-millennium legacy for the third-millennium church James McSherry
238 Lectio Divina

The Medieval Experience of Reading

Duncan Robertson
239 Following the Footsteps of the Invisible: The Complete Works of Diadochus of Photike Cliff Ermatinger
240 The Book of the Elders: Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Systematic Collection John Wortley
241 Hildegard of Bingen

Homilies on the Gospels

Hildegard of Bingen
242 Spirituality of the Premonstratensians: the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Francois Petit
243 The Maronites: The Origins of an Antiochene Church Paul Naaman
244 On the Song of Songs Pope Gregory I
245 The crown of monks Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel
246 Separate but Equal: Cistercian Lay Brothers 1120-1300 James France
247 Christian De Cherge: A Theology of Hope Christian Salenson
248 Bernard of Clairvaux, theologian of the cross Anthony N.S. Lane
249 Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 1 Gregory the Great
250 Mystagogy

A Monastic Reading of Dionysius Areopagita

Alexander Golitzin
251 Aelred the Peacemaker: The Public Life of a Cistercian Abbot Jean Truax
252 Palladius of Aspuna

The Lausiac History

Palladius of Aspuna
253 Hildegard of Bingen

Solutions to Thirty-Eight Questions

Saint Hildegard
254 Can a seamless garment be truly torn? Questions surrounding the Jewish-Catholic Löb family, 1881-1945 Peter Steffen
255 Reclaiming Humility: Four Studies in the Monastic Tradition Jane Foulcher
256 The Rule of Benedict: An Invitation to the Christian Life Georg Holzherr
257 Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 2 Gregory the Great
258 Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 3 Gregory the Great
259 Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 4 Gregory the Great
260 Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 5 Gregory the Great
263 The World of Medieval Monasticism: Its History and Forms of Life Gert Melville
264 The Old English Rule of Saint Benedict: with Related Old English Texts Æthelwold
265 In the School of Prophets: The Formation of Thomas Merton's Prophetic Spirituality Ephrem Arcement
266 Thomas Merton

Early Essays, 1947-1952

Patrick F. O'Connell
267 The Life of Jesus Christ: Part One, Volume 1, Chapters 1–40 Ludolph of Saxony
268 Unity of spirit: studies on William of Saint-Thierry in honor of E. Rozanne Elder F. Tyler Sergent
269 A Not-So-Unexciting Life: Essays on Benedictine History and Spirituality in Honor of Michael Casey, OCSO Carmel Posa SGS
270 Saint Columban

his life, rule, and legacy

Terrence G. Kardong
271 A Saint in the Sun: Praising Saint Bernard in the France of Louis XIV David N. Bell
272 The Text of a Coptic Monastic Discourse On Love and Self-Control: Its Story from the Fourth Century to the Twenty-First Carolyn Schneider
274 Everyday Life at La Trappe under Armand-Jean de Rancé David N. Bell
275 A Benedictine reader: 530-1530 Hugh Feiss
282 The Life of Jesus Christ: Part One, Volume 2, Chapters 41-70 Ludolph of Saxony
289 Thousands and Thousands of Lovers: Sense of Community among the Nuns of Helfta Anna Harrison

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Notes and References

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  3. Web site: Cistercian Studies Series [Liturgical Press] ]. LibraryThing.com . 2024-06-11.