Mabillon Collection

This is Book 3, Letters and Sermons. It is hard to know how to characterize Bernard of Clairvaux. On the one hand, he is called the “honey-tongued doctor” for his eloquent writings on the love of God and humility. Then again, he loved being close to the seat of power and was an adviser to five popes. He is well regarded as the last of the Church Fathers and one of the great mystics.What Bernard is...