{"product_id":"back-to-asceticism-the-trappist-option-a-translation-with-introduction-and-notes-of-de-la-saintete-et-des-devoirs-de-la-vie-monastique-9780578553665","title":"Back to Asceticism: The Trappist Option: A Translation with Introduction and Notes of DE LA SAINTETÉ ET DES DEVOIRS DE LA VIE MONASTIQUE","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vincent Ryan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Arthur M. Gilbert \u0026amp; Son, Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Arthur M. Gilbert \u0026amp; Son, Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christianity - Catholic - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His \u003ci\u003eDe la Saintete\u003c\/i\u003e is unquestionably one of the most important works of post-medieval Cistercian writing and occupies a major place in the history of spirituality\" ‒David N. Bell medievalist, theologian, professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, author of \u003ci\u003eEveryday Life at La Trappe Under Armand-Jean Ranc , Understanding Ranc , \u003c\/i\u003e etc. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBack to Asceticism: The Trappist Option, Vol. 1 \u003c\/i\u003e is an updated translation of this work \u003ci\u003eDe la Saintet  et des Devoirs de la Vie Monastique\u003c\/i\u003e by the Abb  Armand-Jean de Ranc  was originally published in Paris in 1683. In 1830 it was translated and titled \u003ci\u003eOn the Sanctity and the Duties of the Monastic State \u003c\/i\u003e by Abbot Vincent Ryan, founding abbot of Mount Melleray in Capoquin, Ireland. This derivative edition has been \u003cb\u003ere-typeset, re-titled, edited, updated, heavily annotated, \u003c\/b\u003e and its many citations both substantially \u003cb\u003ecorrected and expanded\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMoreover \u003c\/b\u003e, it has been supplied with a contemporary \u003cb\u003eintroduction, \u003c\/b\u003e with \u003cb\u003e52 illustrations \u003c\/b\u003e as well as an \u003cb\u003eImage Index\u003c\/b\u003e and an \u003cb\u003eIndex of Scriptural Citations.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAlthough Abb  de Ranc , the founder of the Trappists, originally wrote for his monks, many laity of 17th c. France enthusiastically adopted much of his spirituality, and to wonderful effect. With asceticism re-appearing now as a corrective to our self-indulgence and softness, his incisive book is a badly needed, bracing corrective for the Christians of our time. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBack to Asceticism: The Trappist Option\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e will likely accomplish spontaneously all that \u003ci\u003eThe Benedict Option\u003c\/i\u003e by Rod Dreher envisioned, and far more. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Sanctity and Duties of the Monastic State\u003c\/i\u003e was the soul of Trappist spirituality until very recently, and the very implosion of the Trappists suggests that survival of the order depends on an about-face, a return to the wisdom of its founder. In fact, the entire Church is badly in need of the ascetic wisdom that de Ranc  has distilled from Saint Benedict, Saint Bernard, Saint Basil, Saint John Climachus and other desert fathers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume I contains the following fifteen chapters: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 The Obligations of Religious Life in General \u003cbr\u003e 2 The Institution of the Monastic State \u003cbr\u003e 3 Of the Origin of the Solitary Life \u003cbr\u003e 4 Of the Different Forms of Life Which Were Established among the Ancient Solitaries\u003cbr\u003e 5 Of the Essence and Perfection of the Cenobitical State \u003cbr\u003e 6 Of the Principal Means by Which Religious Persons May Attain to the Perfection of Their State \u003cbr\u003e 7 On the Love of God \u003cbr\u003e 8 Of Loving the Superiors and Having Confidence in Them \u003cbr\u003e 9 Of the Charity and Duty of Superiors \u003cbr\u003e 10 Of the Charity that the Brethren Should Have for One Another \u003cbr\u003e11 On Prayer\u003cbr\u003e 12 On Penance, On Humiliations\u003cbr\u003e 13 On the Meditation of Death \u003cbr\u003e 14 On the Judgments of God \u003cbr\u003e15 On Compunction \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e Volume II contains the additional eight chapters: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16 On Retirement \u003cbr\u003e 17 On Silence \u003cbr\u003e 18 On Abstinence and Austere Food\u003cbr\u003e 19 On Manual Labor \u003cbr\u003e 20 On Night Watchings \u003cbr\u003e 21 On Poverty\u003cbr\u003e 22 On Patience under Sickness and Infirmities \u003cbr\u003e 23 On Mitigations \u003cbr\u003e Although Volume II has fewer chapters it is a slightly longer book. In all, the two volumes comprise \u003cb\u003e700 pages of monastic wisdom \u003c\/b\u003e compiled and commented on by the immensely learned Abb  de Ranc  in light of his own decades long experience as the re-founder of Our Lady of la Trappe monastery in France. That monastery under his rule was by all accounts a kind of Heaven on earth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBack to Asceticism: the Trappist Option\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an outstanding gift for any priest or religious, for anyone interested in the devout life, in monasticism, in discerning a vocation, in prayer or in getting to Heaven.","brand":"Arthur M. 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