Life giving resources. Faithfully delivered.
FREE delivery on orders over £10
Serving over 2 million Christians in the UK
with Bibles, Books and Church Supplies
Our Buy-Now-Pay-Later accounts used
by over 4,000 UK Churches & Schools
Excellent 4.8 out of 5

Trustpilot

You now have 0 of this item in your basket

Gilbert of Hoyland

Sermons on the Song of Songs [Paperback]

by Lawrence C. Braceland

Author
Lawrence C. Braceland
Book Format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Liturgical Press
Published
November 1978

Read full description

Click to expand

Today's Price

£22.96

Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

Enter the product quantity

Gilbert of Hoyland

Today's Price £22.96

Frequently Bought Together

Gilbert of Hoyland

by Lawrence C. Braceland

Paperback

When God Was a Bird: Christianity, Animism, and the Re-Enchantment of the World

by Mark I. Wallace

Paperback

Add both to basket for £47.01

Product Description

To encounter a person who makes holiness attractive is an enviable experience. Such a person was Gilbert of Hoyland, abbot of the cistercian monastery of Swineshead in Lincolnshire, a friend of Aelred of Rievaulx, and the continuator of the sermons on the Song of Songs begun by Bernard of Clairvaux. When the great saint of Clairvaux died in 1153, his sermon commentary had reached only the first four verses of chapter three of the Canticle. Gilbert took up the task, but left the commentary unfinished at his death. It was brought to completion by another english abbot, John of Forde. Those who know and admire Bernard's eloquence and contemplative insight will enjoy making the acquaintance of his successors. While conscious of continuing Bernard's work and remaining true to his spirit, they infused their sermons with their own personalities and shared their own rich experiences of God. As Lawrence C. Braceland says in his introduction to this first english translation of Gilbert's work, 'Gilbert is an experience. He has found the Beloved.'