Thoughts and Reflections of Armand-Jean De Rancé, Abbot of La Trappe - Couverture souple

De Rancé, Armand-Jean; Marsollier, Jacques

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0879071346 ISBN 13 : 9780879071349

Editeur : Liturgical Press, 2022

Synopsis

Armand-Jean de Rancé (1626-1700), the reforming abbot of la Trappe, was a prolific writer in a verbose age. Until he was in his thirties, he enjoyed the life of a young man about town, but then, after experiencing a dramatic conversion, he left the world forever for the silence and austerity of la Trappe. To read all that he wrote when he governed the abbey would take a great deal of time, but in 1703, three years after Rancé's death, Jacques Marsollier, archdeacon of Uzèz and one of Rancé's biographers, published a slender volume of selected Pensées et Reflexions, "Thoughts and Reflections," by Rancé, which presents the essential ideas of the abbot in a condensed form. There are 259 Pensées, ranging in length from a couple of lines to about thirty. They are best dipped into, not read consecutively, for some will have more impact than others depending on the reader, the time, and the place.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David N. Bell (1943-2025) was professor emeritus of religious studies and dean of theology at Queen's College, St. John's, Newfoundland, and canon theologian in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. John's. He is the author of a number of books published by Cistercian Publications, including The Very Devout Meditations attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, Handmaid of the Lord: Mary, the Cistercians, and Armand-Jean de Rancé (CS293, 2021), Everyday Life at La Trappe under Armand-Jean de Rancé (CS274, 2018), and A Saint in the Sun: Praising Saint Bernard in the France of Louis XIV (CS271, 2017).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liturgical Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0879071346
• ISBN 13: 9780879071349
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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