GP1210 – Wisdom of the Saints From Athanasius to Bernard of Clairvaux

This course provides an overview of the spiritual doctrine of Saint Athanasius, Saint Augustine, Saint Benedict and Saint Bernard. During this first thousand years of the life of the Church, the saints developed an awareness of quaerere Deum, lectio divina, conversatio morum, and habitare secum that informs the whole canon of spiritual literature in the wisdom that follows. Selection of texts have been made on the basis of these themes and their influence on the Schools of Spirituality that follow.