Etienne Gilson - The Mystical Theology of St. Bernard (pdf)

Etienne Gilson - The Mystical Theology of Saint Bernard (Sheed & Ward, 1940). 266 pages.

New scan. Searchable pdf (clearscan) with contents in bookmarks, accurate pagination and metadata, etc.


This is a scan of the original 1940 English edition, not the later reprint.


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In the half century since its first publication in English, this small book has become a classic of medieval theology. Directing his attention to 'perhaps the most neglected aspect' of Cistercian mysticism, the great French medievalist and philosopher Etienne Gilson directs attention to 'that part of [Bernard's] theology on which his mysticism rests', his 'systematics'.