Synopses & Reviews
Bernard ponders a question dear to early Scholasticism and the Reformation: How far can the fallen human person cooperate in salvation?
Review
Saint Bernard's mystical theory cannot be understood apart from its dogmatic base. Hence the treatise De gratia et libero arbitrio, the most profound and influential of his dogmatic works, occupies a central place in his corpus.Bulletin de théologie ancienne et médiévale
Synopsis
On Grace and Free Choice came early from the pen of the young abbot of Clairvaux, in response to the request of his friend William, benedictine abbot of St. Thierry. Bernard's first deliberately theological treatise, it demonstrates the conceptual precision, the contemplative insight, and the rhetorical delicacy of which he was capable.