On Love: A Selection of Works of Hugh, Adam, Achard, Richard, and Godfrey of St. Victor (Victorine Texts in Translation, Vol. 2) (Victorine Texts in ... and Spiriuality from the Abbey of St. Victor)
'The enormous productivity of the twelfth century canons of Paris's Abbey of Saint Victor had a tremendous influence on the great scholastic masters of the thirteenth century like Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure. Their contemplative spirituality, transmitted via the Low Countries, would also shape theDevotio Modernaand beyond. How fortunate, then, that New City Press will provide an English language series of translations of Victorine biblical exegesis, speculative theology, liturgical works, and mystical texts. Like the householder of the Gospel, the Victorines brought forth old things and new. We are the beneficiaries of those present day scholars who make thesenova et veteraavailable to a wide audience in fresh reliable translation.' --Lawrence S. Cunningham, John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology, The University of Notre Dame'Hugh Feiss and his team have made an invaluable contribution to medieval studies. These twelfth-century texts, assembled for the first time in one volume, still blaze with the passionate love of God that once set a world on fire. In Victorine hands, exegesis, liturgy, psychology, and even cosmology glow with this transforming flame. Hugh and Richard had an incalculable influence on later medieval piety, while the lesser-known texts by Adam, Achard, and Godfrey round out this picture of the great Parisian abbey in its heyday.' --Barbara Newman, Professor of English, Religion, and Classics and John Evans Professor of Latin at Northwestern University'Love is an experience given fresh and exhilarating insight by a series of remarkable teachers nurtured by the abbey of St. Victor in twelfth-century Paris. In the various essays of Hugh of St. Victor introduced and translated in this volume, all relating to love, we find the calm voice of a master on the greatness of ordered love. In the sequences of Adam of St. Victor, we find crisp poems of divine praise. Achard of St. Victor brings speculative genius to his reading of the Bible. Richard of St. Victor plunges us into the violence of love. Godfrey of St. Victor expounds love as the force that binds man to God. This volume provides a magnificent point of entry into the fascinating diversity of Victorine authors, all of whom contributed in their own way to fresh thinking about love, human and divine.' --Constant J. Mews, Professor, Monash University and Director, Centre for Studies in Religion and TheologyIn addition to the excellent and learned, yet accessible, general introduction by Feiss, each of the selections of the Victorines is preceded by its own introduction and followed by endnotes ... the editorial committee has made judicious decisions on the most representative texts of these authors on the question of love ... For those interested in reading more of each author, and can read in other languages, the volume contains a rich and varied bibliography of primary texts in addition to notes that cite the secondary literature. --Benedict M. Guevin, OSB inAmerican Benedictine ReviewLove was perhaps one of the most major aspects of Christ's teachings.On Lovediscusses the writings surrounding Christ's commandment of love, that one should love God above all else and love thy neighbor as you love thyself. Hugh Feiss digs through the medieval manuscripts for much spoken on the topic and presents an interesting historical insight on the history of Christianity.On Loveis a strong pick for religion and Christian studies collections. --Midwest Book Review'Love is an experience given fresh and exhilarating insight by a series of remarkable teachers nurtured by the abbey of St. Victor in twelfth-century Paris. In the various essays of Hugh of St. Victor introduced and translated in this volume, all relating to love, we find the calm voice of a master on the ... --Constant J. Mews, Professor, Monash University and Director, Centre for Studies in Religion and TheologyLove was perhaps one of the most major aspects of Christ's teachings.On Lovediscusses the writings surrounding Christ's commandment of love, that one should love God above all else and love thy neighbor as you love thyself. Hugh Feiss digs through the medieval manuscripts for much spoken on the topic and presents an interesting historical insight on the history of Christianity.On Loveis a strong pick for religion and Christian studies collections. --Midwest Book Review'Love is an experience given fresh and exhilarating insight by a series of remarkable teachers nurtured by the abbey of St. Victor in twelfth-century Paris. In the various essays of Hugh of St. Victor introduced and translated in this volume, all relating to love, we find the calm voice of a master on the greatness of ordered love. In the sequences of Adam of St. Victor, we find crisp poems of divine praise. Achard of St. Victor brings speculative genius to his reading of the Bible. Richard of St. Victor plunges us into the violence of love. Godfrey of St. Victor expounds love as the force that binds man to God. This volume provides a magnificent point of entry into the fascinating diversity of Victorine authors, all of whom contributed in their own way to fresh thinking about love, human and divine.' --Constant J. Mews, Professor, Monash University and Director, Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology