The Monks of the West from St. Benedict to St. Bernard, Volume 5J.C. Nimmo, 1896 |
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abbey Abbey of Bec Abbot Abbot of St Annal Anselm Archbishop atque authority Benedict Benedictine BERNRIED bishops BONIZO Catholic Charlemagne Christi Christian Chron Church clergy cloister Cluny consecrated Council Count Duke Ecclesiæ ecclesiastical ejus election eleventh century Emperor Emperor Henry III enim eorum episcopal Epist erat etiam faithful France Gall Germany Gregory VII GRETSER hæc Henry Henry IV Hildebrand Hirschau Hist historian holy honour Hugh Hugh of Cluny Ibid illustrious investiture ipse king knights LABBE labours Lanfranc learned legate Lord MABILL Mabillon monachi monastery Monastic Orders monks Monte Cassino nobles omnes omni omnibus papacy PERTZ Peter Peter Damian pontiff Pope prelates priests princes quæ quam quia quibus quod quoque quos quoted regis Robert Guiscard Roman Rome sæc Saxon says sibi sicut simoniacal simony Suabia sunt temporal thou tion ZIEGELBAUER
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Page 211 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 211 - Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness ; And Thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : And the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; The valleys also are covered over with corn ; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 385 - If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Page 235 - Dominus ad me ecce dedi verba mea in ore tuo ecce constitui te hodie super gentes et super regna ut evellas et destruas et disperdas et dissipes et aedifices et plantes . . .8 Jeremiah too began, we might say, with a modesty-topos, but this was overruled.
Page 212 - It matters little that our churches rise to heaven, that the capitals of their pillars are sculptured and gilded, that our parchment is tinted purple, that gold is melted to form the letters of our...
Page 40 - If thou wilt be perfect, go sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven...
Page 409 - ... satisfactione correxerit, potestatis honorisque sui dignitate careat, reumque se divino judicio existere de perpetrata iniquitate cognoscat...
Page 210 - ... an inch of land as far as the eye can reach lies uncultivated. Here the soil is hidden by fruit trees ; there by vines stretched upon the ground or trailed on trellises. Nature and art rival each other, the one supplying all that the other forgets to produce. O deep and pleasant solitude ! Thou hast been given by God to the monks, so that their mortal life may daily bring them nearer to heaven.
Page 197 - Si autem necessitas loci, aut paupertas exegerit, ut ad fruges colligendas per se occupentur, non contristentur ; quia tune vere Monachi sunt, si labore manuum suarum vivunt, sicut et Patres nostri, et Apostoli.
Page 1 - Non secundum carnem militamus, nam arma militie nostre non sunt carnalia, sed potentia Deo ad destructionem munitionum, consilia destruentes et omnem altitudinem extollentem se adversus scientiam Dei et in captivitatem redigentes omnem intellectum in obsequium Christi