Bernard's De consideratione and Its Afterlife
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies, Western Michigan Univ.
Organizer Name
Isaac Slater OCSO
Organizer Affiliation
Abbey of the Genesee
Presider Name
Isaac Slater OCSO
Paper Title 1
Considering Bernard in the Early Franciscan School
Presenter 1 Name
Aaron Gies
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Paper Title 2
Dante's Bernard: The De consideratione
Presenter 2 Name
Ronald Herzman
Presenter 2 Affiliation
SUNY-Geneseo
Start Date
11-5-2019 10:00 AM
Session Location
Fetzer 1040
Description
Bernard of Clairvaux’s De Consideratione, addressed to his protégé Pope Eugene III, enjoyed a rich after-life. It influenced the angelology, moral and sacramental theology of Alexander of Hales and in different ways, provided Dante with a rhetorical model for challenging the pope and advancing a bold vision of ecclesiastical reform. The panel will explore the different ways Alexander and Dante received and redeployed Bernard’s provocative epistolary treatise along with broader questions of what the text implies regarding Bernard’s ecclesiology, his Christology, and their intersection. Susan M. B. Steuer
Bernard's De consideratione and Its Afterlife
Fetzer 1040
Bernard of Clairvaux’s De Consideratione, addressed to his protégé Pope Eugene III, enjoyed a rich after-life. It influenced the angelology, moral and sacramental theology of Alexander of Hales and in different ways, provided Dante with a rhetorical model for challenging the pope and advancing a bold vision of ecclesiastical reform. The panel will explore the different ways Alexander and Dante received and redeployed Bernard’s provocative epistolary treatise along with broader questions of what the text implies regarding Bernard’s ecclesiology, his Christology, and their intersection. Susan M. B. Steuer