Ladder of Monks and Twelve Meditations

by II Guigo

Publishers:

Liturgical Press; Cistercian Publications

, 1979

Overview

‘My thoughts on the spiritual exercises proper to cloistered monks’; the ninth prior of La Grande Chartreuse (‘1180) articulates the monastic contemplative tradition in distinctively western terms. ‘...reading, meditation, prayer and contemplation. These make a ladder for monks by which they are lifted up from earth to heaven. It has few rungs, yet its length is immense and wonderful, for its lower end rests upon the earth, but its top pierces the clouds and seeks heavenly secrets.’

Product Details

• Title: The Ladder of Monks: A Letter on the Contemplative Life and Twelve Meditations
• Author: II Guigo
• Series: Cistercian Studies Series
• Volume: 48
• Publishers: Liturgical Press, Cistercian Publications
• Print Publication Date: 1979
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 131
• Era: era:medieval
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Spiritual life › Catholic authors; Meditations
• ISBNs: 9780879077488, 9780385135962, 9780879078485, 0879077484, 0385135963, 0879078480
• Resource ID: LLS:LDDRMNKSTMDTTNS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:11:45Z