Writings on the Spiritual Life
A Selection of Works of Hugh, Adam, Achard, Richard, Walter, and Godfrey of St Victor
By (author) Christopher P Evans
Present volume collects works on spiritual life of the most influential religious writers of the Middle Ages.
The Canons following the Rule of St Augustine at St Victor in Paris were some of the most influential religious writers of the Middle Ages. They combined exegesis and spiritual teaching in a theology that was deeply rooted in tradition but also attuned to current developments in the schools of Paris. This selection of their writings on the spiritual life is divided into three sections. The first presents three works by Achard and Richard which treat the development of Christian life from the beginnings of conversion to the perfection of love and contemplation. Prayer, meditation and the gifts of the Holy Spirit are the subjects of the works by Hugh and Richard included in the second section. The final section presents poetical, exegetical and homiletic works honoring Mary by Hugh, Adam, Richard and Godfrey. This rich and representative sampling of Victorine works is a clear window into a world that still has much to offer modern readers interested in spirituality, medieval or modern. The editor of this volume is Christopher P. Evans (PhD, St Louis University; Department of Theology, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX), the editor of Hildegard of Bingen’s Explanatio symboli sancti Athanasii (2007), Vita sancti Disibodi, Vita sancti Ruperti and the Triginta octo questionum solutiones (forthcoming; Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediaevalis) and Radulphus Ardens: The Questions on the Sacraments (2010).
Christopher P. Evans (PhD, St Louis University; Department of Theology, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX) is the editor of Hildegard of Bingen’s Explanatio symboli sancti Athanasii (2007), Vita sancti Disibodi, Vita sancti Ruperti and the Triginta octo questionum solutions (forthcoming in the Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediaevalis) and Radulphus Ardens: The Questions on the Sacraments (2010).
- By (author) Christopher P Evans
Other Titles in this Series
Life at Saint Victor
The Liber Ordinis, the Life of William of Aebelholt, and a selection of works of Hugh, Richard, and Odo of Saint Victor, and other authors
Volume 9
On the Sacraments
A Selection of Works of Hugh and Richard of St. Victor, and of Peter of Poitiers
Volume 10
Interpretation of Scripture
Practice: A Selection of Works of Hugh, Andrew, Richard, and Leontius of St Victor, and of Robert of Melun, Peter Comestor and Maurice of Sully
Volume 6
Interpretation of Scripture
Theory. A Selection of Works of Hugh, Andrew, Godfrey and Richard of St Victor, and Robert of Melun
Volume 3
Spiritual Formation and Mystical Symbolism
A Selection of Works of Hugh and Richard of St Victor, and of Thomas Gallus
Volume 5
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