The Letters of Peter Damian, 151-180

by Owen J. Blum, Peter Damian, Irven Michael Resnick, et al.

Book Overview

This volume concludes the series of Peter Damian's Letters in English translation. Among Letters 151-180 readers will find some of Damian's most passionate exhortations on behalf of eremitic ideals. These include Letter 152, in which Damian defends as consistent with the spirit and the letter of Benedict's Rule his practice of receiving into the eremitic life monks who had abandoned their cenobitic communities. In Letter 153 Damian encourages monks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813226279
• ISBN13: 9780813226279
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.2"