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. Speculum caritatis the mirror of charity, which aelred wrote at bernards insistence, is a. 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. Shortly after aelreds death in 1167 an account of his life was written by his pupil, walter daniel. Alas, these literary works did not accord him the same recognition as bernard of clairvaux. The treatise is a series of dialogues in which three monks join aelred to examine their ideas about. Saint aelred of rievaulx primary author only author division. Aelreds writings were highly regarded by contemporaries and are still greatly valued. Saint aelred of rievaulx cistercian monk britannica. Spiritual friendship aelred of rievaulx cistercian publications. Saint aelred of rievaulx, writer, historian, and outstanding cistercian abbot who influenced monasticism in medieval england, scotland, and france. A companion to aelred of rievaulx 11101167 marsha l.
Aelred died in the winter of 11667, probably on 12 january 1167 at rievaulx. My pro posed answer for a spirituality at the junction of modernity and post modernity is a spirituality of mercy. Reading aelred of rievaulx s little treatise on spiritual friendship as an undergraduate was a lifechanging experience for me. When he was abbot at rievaulx there were over three hundred monks there.
Reading aelred of rievaulxs little treatise on spiritual friendship as an undergraduate was a lifechanging experience for me. 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. In the course of his life as a monk aelred wrote two treatises on that subject. Pdf download aelred of rievaulx spiritual friendship a new. 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. 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. A reading log is a simple and helpful tool for studying a book and recording your favorite quotes. From spiritual friendship by aelred of rievaulx, 3. 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. Download pdf spiritualfriends free online new books. 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 mirror of charity gives us a solid theology of the cistercian life. Aelred of rievaulx download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Aelred, a 12thcentury cistercian abbot, insists that we need to test our beliefs about friendship with scripture.
Spiritual friendship by saint aelred of rievaulx librarything. 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. Aelred of rievaulx spiritual friendship pdf what is the. 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. Pdf download spiritual friendship free unquote books. In friendship are joined honor and charm, truth and joy, sweetness and goodwill, affection and action. But, perhaps, it is difficult to find this perfection with respect to all in. Friendship is that virtue by which spirits are bound by ties of love and sweetness and out of many are made one. Aelred lived a millennium ago, his life and writings have a distinctively contemporary feel. Spiritual friendship in 300 words spiritual friendship.
Tlc stands for to love christ and is a twoyear certificate training that kristi and i lead for pastors and ministry leaderscaregivers in. 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. Those familiar with aelred may be surprised that i intend to use. 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. 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. To explore this answer, i will draw extensively from the works of aelred of rievaulx. Aelred of rievaulxs doctrine on the mirror of charity. This short book was written in the form of a dialog between the author, aelred he saw that his reluctance to part from. Mark yarhouse coauthors of costly obedience are interested in learning about the path of reconciling sexual and religious identity conflicts. Aelred completes a large number of his famous writings, including on the soul and spiritual friendship 1167. This sample reading log on spiritual friendship by aelred of rievaulx is like the ones that participants complete in our soul shepherding tlc program. In a threebook ciceronian dialogue aelred defines human friendship as sacramental, beginning in creation, as god sought to place his own love of society in all. On spiritual friendship aelred of rievaulx download.
Of noble birth, aelred was reared at the court of king david i of scotland, whose life. Spiritual friendship musings on god, friendship, relationships. Spiritual friendshipis 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. 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. 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. Jan 12 st aelred of rievaulx 111067 12 january, 2012. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. Aelred of rievaulxs spiritual friendship sage journals.
Spiritual friendship by aelred of rievaulx goodreads. Spiritual friendship, cistercian pubns 27 copy quote. Aelreds surviving works deal with either devotion or history. In a threebook ciceronian dialogue aelred defines human. Aelred of rievalux work on spiritual friendship presents the most noble presentation of friendship i have ever read. Aelred, who permitted holding hands and showing other. The spiritual kiss is characteristically the kiss of friends who are bound by one law of friendship. Aelred had a charism for chaste spiritual friendships. Pdf aelred of rievaulx spiritual friendship cistercian. Spiritual friendship cistercian fathers book 5 kindle. 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. Saint aelred of rievaulx is currently considered a single author. 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.
Here is my reading log from aelred of rievaulxs classic devotional book on spiritual friendship. Aelred was a monastic who wrote a guidebook about the selection and cultivation of spiritual friendships. The visit turned out to be the life, for aelred never returned to scotland. As a cistercian monk in the middle ages, aelred of rievaulxs 11101167 life was likely filled with physical work and contemplative prayer. 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. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. 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. One of the most essential aspects of what it means to be fully human is to have friends. 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. In a threebook ciceronian dialogue aelred defines human friendship as sacramental, beginning in creation, as god sought to place his own love. 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. On spiritual friendship aelred of rievaulx download bok. Aelred was a twelfth century english cistercian monk, who. Aelred of rievaulx spiritual friendship john protevi.
In the cross of christ there is death, and in the cross of christ there is life saturday, mar 31 2012. Spiritual friendship, historical writings, and collections of sermons. His feast day is celebrated by the cistercians on february 3. 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. 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. Aelred was an anglosaxon, born in hexham, northumbria, in 1110. 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.
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