The Steps of Humility and Pride: Volume 13

by Bernard of Clairvaux

Book Overview

Love came more naturally to Bernard of Clairvaux than did humility. The son of burgundian nobility, 'people of rank and dignity', Bernard attracted followers and exercised authority with an easy grace. After years of struggle in the monastery, he admitted that humility remained for him one of the hardest virtues to acquire. yet the uncompromising vehemence of his love for God drew him to embrace the discipline and to learn the humility which monastic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087907115X
• ISBN13: 9780879071158
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Be Not Proud

St. Bernard's writings caught my interest through reading Thomas Merton, who quotes St. Bernard frequently and was obviously greatly influenced by his thought. "Steps" is quite subtle. On the surface, it is a common-sensical and simple set of instructions on how to properly order one's life with respect to God and man. But underlying it is a complex theology that can probably be understood best by reading his other works as well.