Aelred of Rievaulx: Dialogue on the Soul

by Aelred of Rievaulx and C.H. Talbot

Aelred of Rievaulx, like his Cistercian brothers, believed that the human person is created in the image and likeness of God. He analyzed the human soul therefore to understand by analogy something of the being of God. Possessing three faculties--intellect, memory, and will--the one, indivisible soul resembles the triune, simple Godhead. In that it is to some degree incomprehensible, the soul shares in the incomprehensibility of its Creator.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879072229
• ISBN13: 9780879072223
• Release Date: October 1981
• Publisher: Cistercian Publications
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"