Taking up Saint Bernard's unfinished sermon-commentary, Gilbert ruminates on verse 3:1-5:10 in forty-eight sermons, leaving the task to be finished by John of Ford.
Two little-known cistercian abbots of the twelfth century are introduced to english readers: Serlo of Savigny (d. 1158), the abbot general of the Savigniac congregation who was determined to affiliate
The abbot of the English Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147-1167 explores the spiritual nature of human friendship, defining it as sacramental and as a vehicle for God to transmit his love to all
