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Abbot of Ford, bishop of Worcester, archbishop of Canterbury-Baldwin remained a contemplative in a world of medieval intrigue. The acerbic Gerald the Welshman, who admired few people and accompanied Baldwin on visitation in Wales, considered him gullible and further out of his depth at each ecclesiastical promotion. the Benedictines of Canterbury cathedral found his unworldliness vexsome. But to the Cistercians of Ford, in Dorser, he was loved as a spiritual guide and teacher of prayers.
The Spiritual Tractates were written almost entirely during the decade Baldwin lived at Forde, probably as sermons which were then recast later. They reveal a man thoroughly and happily at home in cistercian spirituality, an acute theologian well aware of contemporary currents, and one of the last true representatives of the rich patristic-monastic tradition.
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume One
Introduction 9
Notes to the Introduction 31
Bibliography 37
Abbreviations 40
Baldwin of Ford: Spiritual Tractates
Tractate I: On the Most Holy Sacrament of Eucharist 43
Tractate II: On the Corrupt Way of Life of the Clergy and People 68
Tractate III: On the Love of God 77
Tractate IV: On the Twofold Resurrection Which is Obtained by Perseverance in Obedience 102
Tractate V: On the Rest Which Christ Has Sought and Prepared for Himself and for Us 130
Tractate VI: On the Power of the Word of God 152
Tractate VII: On the Angelic Salutation 191
Tractate VIII: On the Wound of Love Which the Bride Inflicts Upon the Bridegroom 214
Volume Two
Tractate IX / i: On the Beatitudes in the Gospel 7
Tractate IX / ii: On the Meek 26
Tractate IX / iii: On Those Who Mourn 47
Tractate IX / iv: On Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness 67
Tractate X / i: On the Seal of the Love of God 74
Tractate X / ii: On Human Misery and Want Which results from Sin 85
Tractate XI: On the Crucifixion of Our Old Man 91
Tractate XII: An Exhortation to Priests 118
Tractate XIII: On the Love of God Poured Fourth in Our Hearts 131
Tractate XIV: On the Order of Charity 141
Tractate XV: On the Cenobitic or Common Life 156
Tractate XVI: In Praise of Perfect Monks 195
Index of Principal Latin Words 218
Index of Proper Names 220
Systematic Index 221
