Aelred of Rievaulx possessed a personal charm which drew friends and disciples naturally to him. His own experience of human weakness in a worldly life at the court of King David of Scotland made him sensitive to the doctrine of charity which he found among Cistercian monks. The Mirror of Charity gives us a solid theology of the Cistercian life. Because the divine nature is love, as the Bible tells us, directing our love to God-love conforms us to the image of God that has been lost through sin. All love, to Aelred, is a participation in God-love that leads us to union.
| ISBN: | 9781607242000 |
| Publication date: | 13th April 2010 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Connor OCSO, Charles Dumont OCSO, Aelred of Rievaulx |
| Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 328 pages |
| Series: | Monastic Studies Series |
| Genres: |
Religious communities and monasticism |