Image of Christ and the Rule of Benedict in Medieval Benedictine Writers

Sponsoring Organization(s)

American Benedictine Academy

Organizer Name

Hugh Bernard Feiss OSB

Organizer Affiliation

Monastery of the Ascension

Presider Name

Carmen J. Wyatt-Hayes

Presider Affiliation

Hillsdale College

Paper Title 1

Images of Christ in Gregory the Great's Life of Saint Benedict

Presenter 1 Name

Enrico Beltramini

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Notre Dame de Namur Univ.

Paper Title 2

Redemption in Hildemar's Expositio in regulam Benedicti

Presenter 2 Name

Colleen Maura McGrane OSB

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

Paper Title 3

The Saints as Images of Christ in the Prayers of Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)

Presenter 3 Name

Rachel E. Cresswell

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Blackfriars Hall, Univ. of Oxford

Paper Title 4

Christ in the Writings of Louis de Blois

Presenter 4 Name

Hugh Bernard Feiss OSB

Start Date

10-5-2019 10:00 AM

Session Location

Valley 3 Stinson Lounge

Description

Woven into the Rule of Benedict is an image and a theology of Christ. Benedict's Christ is the Christ, present and to come. This session studies the image of Christ in Gregory the Great's Life of Benedict (Dialogues, 2, ca. 600), the Commentary on the Rule of Benedict by Hildemar (ca. 845), the Prayers to the Saints of St. Anselm of Canterbury (d. 1109) and at the very end of the Middle Ages, the writings of Louis de Blois (Blosius) (d. 1566). Did the image of Christ that Gregory presents differ from that of the Rule of Benedict? Did the fact that the last three authors were Benedictine monks affect their view of Christ? What other influences shaped their views of Christ? Hugh B. Feiss