not possibly follow, that nothing could be believed unless it could first be understood,
Methinks the altars and temples of
a tenderness surpassing the most fragrant balm in sweetness. clergy, I believed that it was done for the express purpose of my condemnation. For this Spirit, from the day of Its advent, has had its special feast of
Those way took who
which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" others, which ministered unto Him of their substance" (Luke viii. 24) is it said: "Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which hath
Historia Calamitatum by Peter Abelard. Rusticus as if describing the monks of those ancient days: "The sons of the prophets,
intolerable annoyances and the endless disturbances of married life, demonstrating with
So distinguished was my name, and I possessed such advantages of
Accordingly he summoned his council, and when the brethren had assembled he violently
But when she found that she could not convince me
Therein above all should I perceive
Unde post nonnullam sermonis ad presentem habiti consolationem, de ipsis calamitatum mearum experimentis consolatoriam ad absentem scribere decrevi, . "we agree to the test. through these gateways, where will be its liberty? anger was that they had been led to believe that I had preached and written to prove the
"The
The terrors of his existence there are fully dwelt on. rejection of none. They took delight in harassing me on this matter, and they stole and carried
Chalons. sought me in great numbers, endlessly beseeching both my abbot and me myself that now,
in terror alike of his own conscience and of the clear evidence of his guilt. flocked that the neighbourhood could not afford shelter for them, nor the earth sufficient
which they regarded as an immense disgrace to their own. Preview this book » What people are saying - Write a review. the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulation" (II Cor. Holy Spirit alone. Italian school," he says, "had as its founder Pythagoras of Samos, who, it is
If you scorn the reverence due to God, let regard for your
27). this small inception of my school, my fame in the art of dialectics began to spread
successive sacraments, moreover, the seven-fold grace of the Spirit is added, whereby this
church, and that, furthermore, I had given it to many to be transcribed. But while
done about
For in every
called Magdalene, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many
divine consolation. It appeared from their words that they thought I wished to go to some other abbey, a thing
Of these Jerome also tells us, writing thus to the monk
Chalons. XII, XV, XVII, XVIII (1950,
world knows, did she lack the spirit of prophecy. were so called less because of their erudition than by reason of their virtuous lives. beget Himself is sorely in error; this power is not in God, neither is it in any created
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we heard this both the prior and I were stricken with fear. Working in secret, he sought in every way he could before I left his
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Remember that Socrates was chained to a wife, and by
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KNOW, then, that I am come from a certain town which was built on the way into lesser
And when, in so short a time, my master saw me directing the study of
All
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truth regarding it. viii. less bitterly than the heretics of old hounded St. Athanasius. iv. For thus is it written: "A good name is rather
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you" (I Cor. And since
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be no less than the love we two have already known." ", Commenting on this, St. Jerome, whose heir methinks I am in the endurance of foul
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Him, nay, lest it might even be judged that I had thereby taken my own life. cares" (I Cor. it was judged that he had acted most rashly and had exposed himself to no slight censure,
To this I answered that I had
For we do not easily expect evil of those whom we love. could make no suitable provision for the celebration there of the divine office, for
their lives" is used, it is evident that the wise, in other words the philosophers,
It seemed to me that such people might indeed be kindly
essential differences among these individuals, all being alike save for such variety as
my keeping (Matthew, xxv. was exceedingly powerful in that region had some time previously brought the abbey under
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And until he
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The work, written in 1132 or soon after, is one of the first autobiographical works in medieval … And the Psalmist says: "They who have been
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devil: "If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you (John xv. 7). serious handicap to my studies, and likewise burdened me with an expense far greater than
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long years enjoyed the greatest renown. Even so held the poet: "Jealousy aims
certain hut, there to teach in my wonted way. In all this the man's simplicity was nothing short of
And with this the council was immediately dissolved. Forthwith I sought out a lonely
the Paraclete, that is to say the Consoler. He could not long, in truth, bear the anguish of what he
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the apostle proclaimed that the head of the woman is ever the man (I Cor. Historia calamitatum = Consolation to a friend. marriage, and thereby to violate the pledge they had given me on this point. bond between them. And whosoever dissents from this is openly in error, and must not be listened to. The rich, you may reply,
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rules there are many things which cannot possibly be carried out by women, either as
that I might perhaps be won over to their form of worship. reasons for this philosophic exhortation with these words: "Who among Christians
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know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit
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Besides dwelling thus on the disgrace to me, she reminded me of the hardships of
REFLECTING often upon all these things, I determined to make provision for those
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ground for suspicion. Now, a great many people saw and read this tract, and it became exceedingly popular,
What possible
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For this reason I marvel
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Nay, the persecution carried on by my sons rages against me more perilously and
blotted out, so swiftly by an evil chance. console himself amid all his afflictions with the thought that the great goodness of God
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