The Mirror of Faith (Cistercian Fathers Series)

by William Of Saint Thierry, Thomas X. Davis (Translator), E. Rozanne Elder (Introduction)

William of Saint Thierry wrote  The Mirror of Faith  and  The Enigma of Faith  shortly after he read the Theology of Peter Abelard. Writing at the cistercian abbey of Signy, which he entered in 1135 after fifteen years as a benedictine abbot, he tried to correct what he considered Abelard's failure to root his theology in the faith revealed by Christ in Scripture and explained by generations of Church Fathers. Unless we choose to believe, he was convinced, we will never understand rationally or love truly the triune God who calls us to the full 'recognition which is mutual to the Father and Sone[and] is the very unity of both, the Holy Spirit'.

Genres: Theology

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

Reviews

[Gab Nug · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was inspired to read this text after being moved by a passage included in the Office of Readings. Little did I anticipate that the same section would be the only impressive part of the work. None of this work was anything I’d consider bad, but I was disappointed nonetheless.

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read it after you read Abelard.