| Date [Source / Page] | Author Quoted | Title Quoted | Quotation by Merton
[link to full quote] |
1950/04/22
[Ltrs: SofC p. 20]
| Etienne Gilson | Mystical Theology of Saint Bernard / translation from the French: La theologie mystique de Saint Bernard |
That is why I feel that your works are so tremendously helpful, dear Father. Your St. Bernard Mystique is alto..
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1950/04/22
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 7]
| Etienne Gilson | Mystical Theology of Saint Bernard / translation from the French: La théologie mystique de Saint Bernard |
Your St. Bernard mystique is altogether admirable because, while being simple and fluent, it communicates to t..
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1950/04/22
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 7]
| Jean Leclercq | St. Bernard mystique |
Your St. Bernard mystique is altogether admirable because, while being simple and fluent, it communicates to t..
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1950/04/22
[Ltrs: SofC p. 20]
| Jean Leclercq o.s.b. | St. Bernard mystique |
That is why I feel that your works are so tremendously helpful, dear Father. Your St. Bernard Mystique is alto..
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1950/10/09
[Ltrs: SofC p. 24]
| Jean Danielou | Platonisme et theologie mystique. Essay sur la doctrine spirituelle de Saint Gregoire de Nysse |
I wish I could give you some information on St. Bernard in his relation to the Greek Fathers. I have none of m..
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1950/10/09
[Ltrs: SofC p. 25]
| Jean Danielou | Signe du temple ou De la presence de Dieu |
I am extremely eager to get Fr. Bouyer's new book on monasticism, but have not yet been able to do so. I feel ..
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1950/10/09
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 22]
| Jean Daniélou | Platonisme et théologie mystique. Essay sur la doctrine spirituelle de Saint Grégoire de Nysse |
I wish I could give you some information on St. Bernard in his relation to the Greek Fathers. I have non of my..
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1950/10/09
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 24]
| Jean Daniélou | Signe du temple ou De la présence de Dieu |
I am extremely eager to get Fr. [Louis] Bouyer's new book on monasticism, but have not been able to do so. I l..
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1950/10/09
[Ltrs: SofC p. 23]
| Jean Leclercq o.s.b. | St. Bernard mystique |
Your remarks on St. Bernard's ideas of Scripture are extremely important to me. I have been meditating on your..
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1950/10/09
[Ltrs: SofC p. 25]
| Louis Bouyer | Vie de saint Antoine par saint Athanase |
I am extremely eager to get Fr. Bouyer's new book on monasticism, but have not yet been able to do so. I feel ..
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1950/10/09
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 24]
| Louis Bouyer | Vie de saint Antoine par saint Athanase |
I am extremely eager to get Fr. [Louis] Bouyer's new book on monasticism, but have not been able to do so. I l..
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1950/10/09
[Ltrs: SofC p. 23]
| Vladimir Lossky | Essay de la theologie mystique de l'Eglise d'Orient |
Your remarks on St. Bernard's ideas of Scripture are extremely important to me. I have been meditating on your..
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1950/10/09
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 19]
| Vladimir Lossky | Essay de la théologie mystique de l'eglise d'Orient |
Your remarks on St. Bernard's ideas of Scripture are extremely important to me... I think he is acting as a th..
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1953/05/18
[Ltrs: SofC p. 59]
| Jean Leclercq o.s.b. | St. Bernard mystique |
I am not doing any work on a book on St. Bernard and there has been no announcement of any such book; hence I ..
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1953/08/21
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 36]
| Jean Leclercq | Dottrina del Beato Paolo Giustiniani |
Above all I want to thank you for your Doctrina del B.P. Giustiniani. I find it most useful and am glad tot ha..
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1953/11/05
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 42]
| Ildefonso Schuster | Vie monastique dans la pensée de Saint Bernard |
I have been reading with great satisfaction Cardinal Schuster's little volume. It has a very fine tone, and it..
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1953/11/05
[Ltrs: SofC p. 70]
| Jean Leclercq o.s.b. | Alone with God |
It was a satisfaction to me when Father Abbot gave me permission to write the preface for your volume on Paul ..
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1963/06/10
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 96]
| Louis Bouyer (ed.) | HIstoire de la spiritualité chrétienne |
I liked very much some of your pages on St. Gregory in the Histoire de la spiritualité chrétienne. I have used..
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1964/01/12
[Ltrs: SofC p. 195]
| Irenee Hausherr | Solitude et vie contemplative d'après l'Hesychasme |
First I want to thank you for your kindness in sending me the mimeograph of P. Hausherr's study on Hesychasm. ..
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1964/08/28
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 116]
| Hans Urs von Balthasar | Herrlichkeit. Eine theologische Ästetik. |
Hans Urs von Balthasar has sent me his Herrlichkeit [Lordship] and it is magnificent. I am very glad to have i..
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1964/10/22
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 121]
| Jean Leclercq | Otia Monastica: etudes sur le vocabulaire de la contemplation au Moyen A¢ge |
Your Otia [Leclercq's new book, "Leisure"] came yersterday and I began it immediately. It is just what I am lo..
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1964/10/22
[Ltrs: SofC p. 247]
| Jean Leclercq o.s.b. | Otia Monastica: Etudes sur le vocabulaire de la contemplation au Moyen âge |
Your Otia came yesterday and I began it immediately. It is just what I am looking for. A splendid book...
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1966/11/18
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 144]
| Jacques Maritain | paysan de la Garonne : un vieux laïc s'interroge a propos du temps présent |
Jacques Maritain was here in October and we had a fine visit. He is very much a hermit now, and his latest boo..
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1966/11/18
[Ltrs: SofC p. 322]
| Jacques Maritain | paysan de la Garonne : un vieux laîc s'interroge à propos du temps present |
Jacques Maritain was here in October and we had a fine visit. He is very much a hermit now, and his latest boo..
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1966/11/18
[Ltrs: SofC p. 321]
| Jean Leclercq o.s.b. | Chances de la spiritualite occidentale |
Yesterday your Chances de la Spiritualite Occidentale arrived and I want to thank you very much for it. Though..
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1967/02/17
[Ltrs: Leclercq p. 147]
| Jean Leclercq | St. Bernard mystique |
Your St. Bernard mystique is altogether admirable because, while being simple and fluent, it communicates to t..
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