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Philosophy Spirituality

The Spirit of Simplicity

Characteristic of the Cistercian Order : an Official Report, Demanded and Approved by the General Chapter : Together with Texts from St. Bernard of Clairvaux on Interior Simplicity

This classic book about Cistercian spirituality was edited and translated by Thomas Merton in 1948. The first part is by the French Abbot Jean-Baptiste Chautard and the second consists of texts by St Bernard of Clairvaux on interior simplicity, with…

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