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The Difficult Saint - Bernard of Clairvaux and His Tradition (Paperback)
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The Difficult Saint - Bernard of Clairvaux and His Tradition (Paperback)
Series: Cistercian Studies Series, 126
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Born in 1090, Bernard of Clairvaux died sixty-three years later,
and was canonized in 1174. His friends and brothers began writing
his official life even before he died, so convinced were they of
his personal holiness and his importance to the Church of his day.
Not everyone who knew him, however, liked him, no matter how much
they may have admired his holiness. For nine centuries, those who
have read his works and studied his activities have experienced a
similar ambivalence. Some regard this 'most controversial and
provocative of saints' as a great director of souls; others
consider him an ecclesiastical busybody. In The Difficult Saint,
Brian Patrick McGuire examines various facets of Bernard's life and
the legend that survived him from the perspective of the Middle
Ages and of the modern world. 'I want to suggest', he writes, 'that
Bernard becomes more understandable as one grows older and gains
more life experience'.
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