Life and Miracles of St. Benedict (Book Two of the Dialogues)
by St. Gregory the Great
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In his classic Second Book of Dialogues,Pope Gregory the Great lionizes Saint Benedict as hero and casts him predominantly in the role of miracle worker. Yet in his Rule, Benedict comes across more as a practical community organizer and premier spiritual father. In this volume, Terrence Kardong offers a fresh take on Gregory the Great's classic. He alternates between translated sections of the Diablo's and his own commentary. Crisp and direct, and infused with his wry and ever-present sense show more of humor, Kardong's writings sure to build up the spiritual life of readers and, equally important, to make them love St. Benedict. . show lessTags
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This is such a lovely story. The miracles go too far for me, but they illustrate a man who lived for God and for others.
edited by Dom Edmund J. Luck O.S.B., priest of the Cassinese Congregation of the Primitive Observcance
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Gregory, who became pope in 590, oversaw great changes in the church. He was an able pastor and theologian, a promoter of monasticism, and, most significantly, a reformer of the Western church who expanded the prestige and the authority of the papacy. Most of his activities were concerned with the practical shape of the Christian life. He made show more important changes in the liturgy; wrote an influential treatise, "Pastoral Rule," that set out directives for the pastoral life of a bishop; developed a doctrine of purgatory; wrote treatises, such as his Morals on the Book of Job, that contributed to monastic spirituality. He also promoted the conversion of the Arian Visogoths to Catholicism, initiated the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons in England, and reformed the administration and expenditure of the revenues of the landed estates that supported orphanages, schools, and hospitals. Notwithstanding the great influence that Gregory had on the church as it entered into the Middle Ages, he is remembered for his humility. He rejected the suggestion of the patriarch of Constantinople to style himself the "Universal Patriarch"; rather, he referred to himself as "the servant of the servants of God." (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Vita di S. Benedetto; La Regola; La Regola; La vita
- Original title
- Dialogorum libri IV, 2
- People/Characters
- Benedict of Nursia; Gregory I, ca. 540-604
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- This book was written by Gregory the Great, also known as Pope Gregory. To have your copy show up on the correct author page, please list Gregory the Great or Pope Gregory as the author. Thank you.
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- 271.102 — Religion History of Christianity Religious congregations and orders in church history Benedictines
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- BX4700 .B3 .G7213 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christian Denominations Christian Denominations Catholic Church Biography and portraits Individual Saints
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