Patricia carroll ocso draws our attention to aelred of rievaulx, a cistercian saint and spiritual writer who specialised in writing about friendship as an image of. Jan 12 st aelred of rievaulx 111067 catholicireland. On spiritual friendship aelred of rievaulx download bok. Listen to the audio pronunciation of aelred of rievaulx on pronouncekiwi how to pronounce aelred of rievaulx. Spiritual friendship by aelred of rievaulx is one of the all time classic books of devotion to christ. What therefore is more pleasant than to unite oneself to the spirit of another and the two to form one the conversation at first seems to be slow. Aelred of rievaulxs doctrine on the mirror of charity. Feb 14, 2019 aelred of rievaulx spiritual friendship pdf by admin in education patricia carroll ocso draws our attention to aelred of rievaulx, a cistercian saint and spiritual writer who specialised in writing about friendship as an image of. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Aelred of rievaulx download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Mark yarhouse coauthors of costly obedience are interested in learning about the path of reconciling sexual and religious identity conflicts. Aelreds writings were highly regarded by contemporaries and are still greatly valued. Throughout his life, aelred took great joy in his friends and he believed that by loving and being loved by them, we learn to accept and return gods infinitely.
Aelred was an anglosaxon, born in hexham, northumbria, in 1110. Jan 12 st aelred of rievaulx 111067 12 january, 2012. Aelred, who permitted holding hands and showing other. Ivo asks aelred if we could say of friendship what john, the intimate friend of jesus, says of charity, that god is friendship. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Saint aelred of rievaulx cistercian monk britannica. Friendship is that virtue by which spirits are bound by ties of love and sweetness and out of many are made one. Aelred, a 12thcentury cistercian abbot, insists that we need to test our beliefs about friendship with scripture. Spiritual friendship is today the best known and perhaps most influential of the thirteen surviving works of aelred, abbot of the great english cistercian abbey of rievaulx from 11471167. Aelred of rievaulx spiritual friendship pdf may 17, 2019 by admin to send this article to your kindle, first ensure email protected is added to your approved personal document email list under your personal document settings on the manage your content and. Aelred of rievalux work on spiritual friendship presents the most noble presentation of friendship i have ever read. This short book was written in the form of a dialog between the author, aelred he saw that his reluctance to part from. Aelred of rievaulx, a twelfth century cistercian abbot who lived in the north of england, wrote spiritual friendship to explore the deeper meanings of this form of love particularly as it could and should exist among the monks of his order.
On spiritual friendship aelred of rievaulx download. Aelred of rievaulxs spiritual friendship sage journals. When he was abbot at rievaulx there were over three hundred monks there. But first, lets add just a bit more context on his twelfthcentury work. Tlc stands for to love christ and is a twoyear certificate training that kristi and i lead for pastors and ministry leaderscaregivers in. His own experience of human weakness in a worldly life at the court of king david of scotland made him sensitive to the doctrine of charity which he found among cistercian monks. Aelred lived a millennium ago, his life and writings have a distinctively contemporary feel. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. Spiritual friendship by aelred of rievaulx 323 ratings, 4. Saint aelred of rievaulx is currently considered a single author. Lets take a look at these three areas in comparison to what st. Aelred of rievaulx spiritual friendship pdf what is the. These include his treatises on spiritual friendship and the mirror of charity, his rule for the recluse, various sermons and a life of edward the confessor.
The visit turned out to be the life, for aelred never returned to scotland. During his abbacy he built rievaulx into a place of spiritual welcome and physical prosperity, desiring to make it a mother of mercy to those in need. Aelred of rievaulx pronunciation sign in to disable all ads. Here is my reading log from aelred of rievaulxs classic devotional book on spiritual friendship.
Aelred of rievaulx possessed a personal charm which drew friends and disciples naturally to him. From spiritual friendship by aelred of rievaulx, 3. Spiritual friendship, historical writings, and collections of sermons. Reading aelred of rievaulxs little treatise on spiritual friendship as an undergraduate was a lifechanging experience for me. The treatise is a series of dialogues in which three monks join aelred to examine their ideas about. Those familiar with aelred may be surprised that i intend to use. An extremely competent administrator of rievaulx, a vast yorkshire abbey in northern england, yet even more a spiritual father to hundreds of men, had we met aelred we would identify him with pope john xxiii or carlo martini, the archbishop. During his abbacy he built rievaulx into a place of spiritual welcome and physical prosperity, desiring to make it a mother of mercy to those. Certain readings of the symposium would also assert that to ascend the sublimation ladder from physical to spiritual mean you have to physically love before you can ascend.
Among spiritual writers, i think that aelred of rievaulx has been largely overlooked. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Spiritual friendship aelred of rievaulx cistercian publications. To explore this answer, i will draw extensively from the works of aelred of rievaulx. Recovering male samesex friendships in the modern era introduction human beings are fundamentally social creatures, with complex rules and guidelines for social behavior and interactions. As a cistercian monk in the middle ages, aelred of rievaulxs 11101167 life was likely filled with physical work and contemplative prayer.
Spiritual friendship musings on god, friendship, relationships. Brills companion to aelred of rievaulx explores the life, works, and thought of aelred, cistercian abbot of rievaulx abbey from 1147 to 1167. Aelred of rievaulx and cistercian and monastic charity, christ, christs passion, cross, forgiveness, interior life, love, patience, prayer, soul, struggles, suffering mark armitage 10. Spiritual friendship cistercian fathers book 5 kindle. But, perhaps, it is difficult to find this perfection with respect to all in. The book club that i am a part of recently read and discussed this work and i was surprised to hear that very few people felt that it was relevant to their relationships or even all that interesting. Pdf aelred of rievaulx spiritual friendship cistercian. In fact it is so noble, incredible and rare that one could say that he refers to intimacies between persons so great that contemporary culture would be inclined to describe such relations as being soul mates or kindred spirits. Aelred died in the winter of 11667, probably on 12 january 1167 at rievaulx. Apr 01, 2010 spiritual friendship is today the best known and perhaps most influential of the thirteen surviving works of aelred, abbot of the great english cistercian abbey of rievaulx from 1147 1167. The spiritual kiss is characteristically the kiss of friends who are bound by one law of friendship. Speculum caritatis the mirror of charity, which aelred wrote at bernards insistence, is a. Alas, these literary works did not accord him the same recognition as bernard of clairvaux. Spiritual friendship by aelred of rievaulx goodreads.
Shortly after aelreds death in 1167 an account of his life was written by his pupil, walter daniel. Understanding spiritual friendship in aelred of rievaulx. We can see the importance of those two works when we consider the contrast between the strict demeanor found in most monastic orders of that day, and that of st. Reading aelred of rievaulx s little treatise on spiritual friendship as an undergraduate was a lifechanging experience for me. To aid in our understanding, we are developing and validating a new measure of sexual and religious congruence as well as validating an existing measure of religiosity.
Pdf download spiritual friendship free unquote books. Keep the eyes of the soul always fixed on the serene patience of your beloved lord and saviour saturday, mar 19 2011. In friendship are joined honor and charm, truth and joy, sweetness and goodwill, affection and action. Aelred speaks about spiritual friendship a relationship which helps us grow in love. As well as introducing the three genres of his works sermons, spiritual teaching, and history scholars survey such central topics as marian devotion, love and friendship, the sacramental nature of. A companion to aelred of rievaulx 11101167 marsha l. The mirror of charity gives us a solid theology of the cistercian life. May 17, 2019 aelred of rievaulx spiritual friendship pdf may 17, 2019 by admin to send this article to your kindle, first ensure email protected is added to your approved personal document email list under your personal document settings on the manage your content and.
Spiritual friendship in 300 words spiritual friendship. Aelred of rievaulx spiritual friendship john protevi. Spiritual friendship, cistercian pubns 27 copy quote. Traditions of spiritual guidance aelred of rievaulx brendan callaghan 375 c istercian spirituality and christian friendship have each fea tured in traditions of spiritual guidance, 1 so for aelred to be treated in his own right might seem unnecessary. This sample reading log on spiritual friendship by aelred of rievaulx is like the ones that participants complete in our soul shepherding tlc program. Aelred had a charism for chaste spiritual friendships. Saint aelred of rievaulx primary author only author division.
Mar 26, 2020 patricia carroll ocso draws our attention to aelred of rievaulx, a cistercian saint and spiritual writer who specialised in writing about friendship as an image of. Aelreds surviving works deal with either devotion or history. Spiritual friendship by saint aelred of rievaulx librarything. Download pdf spiritualfriends free online new books.
Patricia carroll ocso draws our attention to aelred of rievaulx, a cistercian saint and spiritual writer who specialised in writing about friendship as an image of the relationship between god and each person. One of the most essential aspects of what it means to be fully human is to have friends. In the course of his life as a monk aelred wrote two treatises on that subject. Aelred of rievaulx, monk and abbot of a monastic house in northern england, was a member of the contempiative cistercian order, whose most famous.
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