The Love of Learning and the Desire for God : A Study of Monastic Culture

The Love of Learning and the Desire for God is composed of a series of lectures given to young monks at the Institute of Monastic Studies at Sant'Anselmo in Rome during the winter of 1955-56. The Love of Learning and the Desire for God : A Study of Monastic Culture author : Leclercq, Jean. publisher : Fordham University......Page 1 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 7 INTRODUCTION......Page 9 THE FORMATION OF MONASTIC CULTURE......Page 16 1 The Conversion of St. Benedict......Page 17 2 St. Gregory, Doctor of Desire......Page 32 3 Cult and Culture......Page 45 THE SOURCES OF MONASTIC CULTURE......Page 60 4 Devotion to Heaven......Page 61 5 Sacred Learning......Page 80 6 The Ancient Traditional Spirituality......Page 98 7 Liberal Studies......Page 124 8 Literary Genres......Page 169 9 Monastic Theology......Page 212 10 The Poem of the Liturgy......Page 262 EPILOGUE......Page 283 APPENDICES......Page 299 the Rule of St. Benedict and the Canticle of Canticles......Page 300 The Monk Who Slept During the Office......Page 301 The Speculative Theology of Dom Bertrand......Page 302 Monastic Theology......Page 303 St. Anselm......Page 304 INDEX......Page 305 Translation of: L'amour des lettres et le dâesir de Dieu.