{"product_id":"bernard-short-treatises","title":"Short Treatises: On Loving God, Humility and Pride, Grace and Free Will","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy God is to be loved, and in what measure: the four degrees of love, the twelve steps of humility, and what belongs to grace.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:1.6em 0 .7em;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=NcAHiaA8Z3Lrm4JhYk9nO5n6hM9zgCiMAA32122wJ5w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.06em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:16px 32px;margin:0 12px 12px 0;border:2px solid #3D2E1E;background:#3D2E1E;color:#F8F4EA;\"\u003eBuy the Paperback\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=90B3hlvC5MYdcRSEp6Q2WqtVuPlLvuX5XGyGiccPl6d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.06em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:16px 32px;margin:0 12px 12px 0;border:2px solid #3D2E1E;background:transparent;color:#3D2E1E;\"\u003eBuy the Hardcover\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:#8a7a63;margin:0 0 1.9em;\"\u003eOrders are placed and shipped through IngramSpark. This page is a catalogue listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090–1153), first abbot of Clairvaux and the most compelling voice of his age, was named by later ages the Mellifluous Doctor for the sweetness of his teaching, above all on the love of God. This volume gathers three of his short treatises, each complete and unabridged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOn Loving God\u003c\/em\u003e he answers why God is to be loved and in what measure, and traces the soul through the four degrees of love. In \u003cem\u003eOn the Steps of Humility and Pride\u003c\/em\u003e he charts the ascent of humility and the descent of pride along a ladder of twelve degrees, drawn from the Rule of Saint Benedict. In \u003cem\u003eOn Grace and Free Will\u003c\/em\u003e he weighs, with care and precision, what belongs to the grace of God and what to the freedom of the human will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewly set on cream paper, for reading and keeping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaint Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090–1153), first abbot of Clairvaux, of the Cistercian Order, Doctor of the Church, the Mellifluous Doctor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslated by Marianne C. and Coventry Patmore (\u003cem\u003eOn Loving God\u003c\/em\u003e, 1881), Barton R. V. Mills (\u003cem\u003eOn the Steps of Humility and Pride\u003c\/em\u003e, 1929), and Watkin W. Williams (\u003cem\u003eOn Grace and Free Will\u003c\/em\u003e, 1920)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree works, complete and unabridged: \u003cem\u003eDe Diligendo Deo\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDe Gradibus Humilitatis et Superbiae\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDe Gratia et Libero Arbitrio\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSanctified Souls, Heritage Editions · Saint Bernard, Book One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback and hardcover, 6 × 9, 132 pages, cream paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:#8a7a63;margin:1.6em 0 0;\"\u003eCover: \u003cem\u003eThe Virgin Appearing to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux\u003c\/em\u003e, pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over red chalk by Niccolò Ricciolini (Italian, 1687–1772). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border:0;border-top:1px solid #e4dccd;margin:2.2em 0 1.6em;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:1.6em 0 .7em;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=NcAHiaA8Z3Lrm4JhYk9nO5n6hM9zgCiMAA32122wJ5w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.06em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:16px 32px;margin:0 12px 12px 0;border:2px solid #3D2E1E;background:#3D2E1E;color:#F8F4EA;\"\u003eBuy the Paperback\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=90B3hlvC5MYdcRSEp6Q2WqtVuPlLvuX5XGyGiccPl6d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.06em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:16px 32px;margin:0 12px 12px 0;border:2px solid #3D2E1E;background:transparent;color:#3D2E1E;\"\u003eBuy the Hardcover\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:#8a7a63;margin:0 0 1.9em;\"\u003eOrders are placed and shipped through IngramSpark. 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