Overview

Isaac of Stella was an English-born Cistercian who studied in the schools before entering monastic life and becoming abbot of Stella in 1147. His liturgical sermons inject a speculative philosophical inquisitiveness into imaginative meditations on scenes from Scripture. This present volume includes sermons 27–55, along with three fragments. In these sermons, while treating biblical passages corresponding to the major feasts of the Christian calendar, Isaac tackles weighty dogmatic issues such as predestination, the problem of evil, and Christ’s two natures.

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Author:   Lewis White ,  Isaac of Stella ,  Elias Dietz, OCSO
Publisher:   Liturgical Press
Imprint:   Liturgical Press
Volume:   66
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780879076665

ISBN 10:   0879076666
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   10 October 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Translator’s Acknowledgments vii Table of Abbreviations ix An Introduction to Isaac’s Sermons xv Elias Dietz, OCSO   The Sermons S 27: First Sermon for Quinquagesima Sunday 1 S 28: Second Sermon for Quinquagesima Sunday 7 S 29: Third Sermon for Quinquagesima Sunday 14 S 30: First Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent 21 S 31: Second Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent 27 S 32: Third Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent 33 S 33: First Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent 41 S 34: Second Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent 47 S 35: Third Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent 58 S 36: Fourth Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent 63 S 37: Fifth Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent 70 S 38: First Sermon for the Third Sunday of Lent 80 S 39: Second Sermon for the Third Sunday of Lent 87 S 40: First Sermon for Easter Day 93 S 41: Second Sermon for Easter Day 100 S 42: Sermon for the Ascension of the Lord 104 S 43: First Sermon for the Day of Pentecost 112 S 44: Second Sermon for the Day of Pentecost 121 S 45: Third Sermon for the Day of Pentecost 127 S 46: First Sermon for the Birth of John the Baptist 135 S 47: Second Sermon for the Birth of John the Baptist 143 S 48: Third Sermon for the Birth of John the Baptist 150 S 49: First Sermon for the Birth of the Apostles Peter and Paul 156 S 50: Second Sermon for the Birth of the Apostles Peter and Paul 161 S 51: First Sermon for the Assumption of Blessed Mary 168 S 52: Second Sermon for the Assumption of Blessed Mary 177 S 53: Third Sermon for the Assumption of Blessed Mary 184 S 54: Sermon for the Birth of Mary 189 S 55: Sermon for the Dedication of a Church 194 Fragment 1: Sermon for the Epiphany of the Lord 200 Fragment 2: A Pilgrimage Sermon 206 Fragment 3: On the Four Kinds of Proud People 211 Index of Scriptural Citations 213 Index of Patristic and Medieval Authors 229 Index of Subjects 244

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This long-awaited volume allows contemporary readers to appreciate the full theological creativity and monastic wisdom of one of the greatest, but less well-known, Cistercian mystics of the twelfth century. Isaac of Stella's liturgical sermons are original, challenging, and spiritually nourishing. It is a delight to have them in a fine English translation for the first time. Bernard McGinn, Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor Emeritus, Divinity School, University of Chicago

This new publication, which brings to completion the whole series of his sermons, coming out forty years after the first half, benefits from two improving new factors: a better knowledge of Isaac's life and literary output, and an updated translational technique, more attentive to the original style of the author. Such a work will undoubtedly increase the knowledge and the consequent relevance of Isaac of Stella, for `the soundness of his monastic teaching, the depth and breadth of his theology, and his skill with words'. Surely, it is time for acknowledging his high place among the great authors of the first Cistercian generation, and his full and undisputable right to be called `the fifth evangelist of Citeaux.' Fr. Domenico Pezzini This long-awaited volume allows contemporary readers to appreciate the full theological creativity and monastic wisdom of one of the greatest, but less well-known, Cistercian mystics of the twelfth century. Isaac of Stella's liturgical sermons are original, challenging, and spiritually nourishing. It is a delight to have them in a fine English translation for the first time. Bernard McGinn, Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor Emeritus, Divinity School, University of Chicago

Author Information

Lewis White has been a professor and translator at the Language Center of the Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, Mexico, since 2009. His translations of Aelred of Rievaulx’s Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah (CF 83) and of some of the liturgical sermons from Aelred’s Durham Collection (CF 80) were published by Cistercian Publications in 2018. Elias Dietz has been a monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani since 1988. He has published studies on early Cistercian authors in various journals, including Cistercian Studies Quarterly,of which he was editor from 2003 to 2007. Since 2008 he has served as abbot of his community. With regard to Isaac of Stella, his main contributions have been a study of his biography (CSQ, 2006) and an edition and translation of his Letter on the Canon of the Mass (Cîteaux, 2014). He is currently collaborating with Sources Chrétiennes on a volume of Isaac’s letters.

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