William of Saint-Thierry, Meditative Prayers, 12; PL 180, 247bc.
William of Saint-Thierry, Meditative Prayers, 7; PL 180, 228d-229a.
Anselm of Canterbury, Letters 1:21; PL 158, 1096-97
See Bernard of Clairvaux Sermons for the Dedication of the Church 6:1; SBOp 5, 396, 16-17: “Does God care about stones? It is not [the dedication’ of walls but of people.”
Bernard of Clairvaux, Treatise on Precept and Dispensation 44; SBOp 3, 284, 7-9.
Helen Lombard S.G.S., “The Profession of Stability: A Response,” Tjurunga 58 (2000), p. 14.
On the notion of stability see M. Casey, “The Value of Stability,” Cistercian Studies Quarterly 31.3 (1996), pp. 287–301.
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