G. L. J. Smerillo (essay date 1977)
SOURCE: Smerillo, G. L. J. “Caritas in the Initial Letters of Saint Bernard.” In Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: Studies Commemorating the Eighth Centenary of His Canonization, edited by M. Basil Pennington, pp. 118-36. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1977.
[In the following essay, Smerillo explores the idea of Deus caritas est–God is love—as presented in Bernard's first twenty-one letters.]
This essay has as its intent the explication of one idea found in a small number of texts,...
Source: Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, ©2005 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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