Jean Leclercq (theologian)

Jean Leclercq (born January 31, 1911 in Avesnes , † October 27, 1993 in Clervaux ) was a Benedictine , historian and Medievalist .

life and work

Leclercq joined the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mauritius and St. Maurus in Clervaux , Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , founded in 1909 . He studied in Paris with Henri-Xavier Arquillière (1883-1956), Charles Samaran , Louis Halphen and Étienne Gilson and received his doctorate in 1939 at the Institut Catholique de Paris with the font Jean de Paris et l'ecclésiologie du XIIIème siècle . For 50 years he published numerous books on the Christian Middle Ages , monasticism and Bernhard von Clairvaux . The distinction between monastic and scholastic theology goes back to his book Pierre le Vénérable (1946). Pope Benedict XVI quoted from his most famous book (Science and God Desire. On the Monk Theology of the Middle Ages , 1957, German 1963) . on September 12, 2008 in his speech at the Collège des Bernardins in Paris. Dom Leclerq received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Milan (1950), Leuven (1962), Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo (1974) and the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto (1990). Since 1969 he was a corresponding member of the British Academy .

Jean Leclercq must not be confused with the philosopher of the same name (* 1966).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cf. Ulrich Köpf: Monastic and Scholastic Theology, in: Bernhard von Clairvaux and the beginning of modernity, Innsbruck / Vienna 1996, pp. 96–135.
2. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed June 27, 2020 . 

Works

Bernhard of Clairvaux

• Saint Bernard mystique , Paris, Desclée de Brouwer, 1948 (494 pages).
• (Ed. With Charles Hugh Talbot and Henri Rochais) S. Bernardi Opera , Rome, Editiones Cistercienses, 1957–1977.
  • 1-2. Sermones super Cantica canticorum, 2 vols., 1957-1958.
  • 3. Tractatus et opuscula ad fidem codicum recensuerunt, 1963.
  • 4-6. Sermones, 3 vols., 1966-1972.
  • 7-8. Epistolae, 2 vols., 1974-1977.
  • (French and Italian translations forthcoming)
• (Ed.) Saint Bernard, Sur les degrés d'humilité et d'orgueil. Traité de l'amour de Dieu. À la louange de la milice nouvelle, Namur, Soleil levant , 1958 (translated by Élisabeth de Solms).
• (Ed.) Saint Bernard, Lettres choisies , Namur, Soleil levant, 1962 (translated by Élisabeth de Solms).
• Recueil d'études sur Saint Bernard et ses écrits , 4 vols., Rome, Edizioni di storia e letteratura 1962–1987.
• St. Bernard et l'esprit cistercien , Paris, Seuil, 1966, 1990, 1998 (192 pages).
  • (Italian) San Bernardo e lo spirito cistercense, Turin, Gribaudi, 1976.
  • (German) Bernhard von Clairvaux. Determination in Humility, ed. by Alberich Martin Altermatt, Freiburg, Paulus, 1991.
• Nouveau visage de Bernard de Clairvaux. Approches psycho-historiques , Paris, Cerf, 1976.
  • (English) A second look at Bernard of Clairvaux, Kalamazoo, Cistercian Publications, 1990.
• La Femme et les femmes dans l'œuvre de saint Bernard , Paris, Téqui, 1983.
  • (Italian) La donna e le donne in San Bernardo, Milan, Jaca, 1985.
  • (English) Women and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Kalamazoo, Cistercian Publications, 1989.
  • (Spanish) La mujer y las mujeres en la obra de San Bernardo, Zamora, Ediciones Monte Casino, 1997.
• Bernard de Clairvaux , Paris, Desclée de Brouwer, 1989 (165 pages).
  • (German) Bernard van Clairvaux. A man shapes his time, Munich / Zurich / Vienna, Neue Stadt, 1990, 2005, 2009.
  • (Spanish) San Bernardo. Monje y profeta (1090-1153), Madrid, Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 1990.
  • (Catalan) Bernardo de Claraval, Valencia, Edicap, 1991.
  • (Italian) Bernardo di Chiaravalle, Milan, Vita e Pensiero, 1992.
  • (Hungarian) Clairvaux-i Szent Bernát, Budapest, Szent István Társulat, 1998; Budapest, Kairosz, 2006.

Other works

Before 1950

• Jean de Paris et l'ecclésiologie du XIIIe siècle , Paris, Vrin, 1942 ( John of Paris ).
• (Translator) Suger, Comment fut construit Saint-Denis , Paris, cerf, 1945 ( Suger von Saint-Denis ).
• (with Jean-Paul Bonnes) Un maître de la vie spirituelle au XIe siècle, Jean de Fécamp , Paris, Vrin, 1946, 2000.
• Pierre le Vénérable , Saint-Wandrille, Seine-Inférieure, Éditions de Fontenelle, 1946.
  • (Italian) Pietro il Venerabile, Milan, Jaca, 1991.
• La spiritualité de Pierre de Celle 1115-1183 , Paris, Vrin, 1946 ( Petrus Cellensis ).
• Le magistère du prédicateur au XIIIe siècle , Paris, Vrin, 1946.
  • (Italian) Predicare nel Medioevo, Milan, Jaca, 2001.
• La vie parfaite. Points de vue sur l'essence de l'état religieux , Paris, Brepols, 1948.
  • (Italian) La vita perfetta. Spunti sull'essenza dello stato religioso, Milan, Ancora, 1961.
  • (Spanish) La vida perfecta. Consideraciones sobre la esencia del estado religioso, Barcelona, ​​Herder, 1965.
• (Ed. And translator) Yves de Chartres, Correspondance , Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1949 ( Ivo von Chartres ).

1951-1960

• Un humaniste ermite, le Bienheureux Paul Giustiniani, 1476-1528 , Rome, Edizioni Camaldoli, 1951.
  • (Italian) Il beato Paolo Giustiniani, (1476–1528). Un umanista eremita, Frascati, Sacro Eremo Tuscolano, 1975.
  • (Polish) Humanista-Eremita. Błogosławiony Paweł Giustiniani (1476–1528), Krakow, Tyniec, 2014.
• Seul avec Dieu. La Vie érémitique d'après la doctrine du bienheureux Paul Giustiniani , Paris, Plon, 1955 (preface by Thomas Merton ).
  • (Italian) La dottrina del beato Paolo Giustiniani, Rome, Frascati, 1953; Il richiamo del deserto. La dottrina del beato Paolo Giustiniani, 1977; Il richiamo dell'eremo. La dottrina del beato Paolo Giustiniani, Bresseo di Teolo (PD), Scritti monastici, 2005.
  • (German) Alone with God. Eremitic life according to the teaching of Blessed Paul Giustiniani, Sinzig, Sankt Meinrad Verlag, 1998.
  • (Polish) Sam na sam z Bogiem. Zycie pustelnicze na podstawie doktryny błogosławionego Pawła Giustinianiego, Krakow, Tyniec, 2014.
• L'Amour des lettres et le désir de Dieu. Initiation aux auteurs monastiques du Moyen-Age , Paris, Cerf, 1957, 1963, 1990; 2008 (with the Paris speech of Pope Benedict XVI.).
  • (English) The love of learning and the desire for God. A study of monastic culture, New York, Cop, 1961, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1996, 2000, 2005.
  • (German) Science and God Desire. On the monastic theology of the Middle Ages, Düsseldorf, Patmos, 1963.
  • (Italian) Cultura umanistica e desiderio di Dio. Studio sulla letteratura monastica del Medio Evo, Florence, Sansoni, 1965, 1983, 1988, 2002.
  • (Polish) Miłość nauki a pragnienie Boga, Krakow, Tyniec, 1997.
  • (Spanish) Cultura y vida cristiana. Iniciación a los autores monásticos medievales, Salamanca, Sígueme, 1965.
  • (Spanish) El amor a las letras y el deseo de Dios. Introducción a los autores monásticos de la Edad Media, Salamanca, Sígueme, 2009.
  • (Slovenian) Ljubezen do književnosti in hrepenenje po Bogu. Uvod v meniške avtorje srednjega veka, Ljubljana, Logos, 2011.
• L'Idée de la royauté du Christ au Moyen Age , Paris, Cerf, 1959.
• Saint Pierre Damien ermite et homme d'Eglise , Rome, Edizioni di storia e letteratura, 1960 ( Petrus Damiani ).
  • (Italian) San Pier Damiano. Eremita e uomo di Chiesa, Brescia, Morcelliana, 1972.

1961-1969

• (with Dom François Vandenbroucke and Louis Bouyer) Histoire de la spiritualité chrétienne. 2. La Spritualité du Moyen Age , Paris, Aubier, 1961; Cerf, 2011.
  • (Italian) La spiritualità del Medioevo. A, VI-XII secolo. Da S. Gregorio a S. Bernardo, Bologna, Dehoniane, 1969, 1986.
• Études sur le vocabulaire monastique du Moyen âge , Rome, Herder, 1961.
• La Liturgie et les paradoxes chrétiens , Paris, Cerf, 1963.
  • (Spanish) La liturgia y las paradojas cristianas, Bilbao, Mensajero, 1966.
  • (Italian) La liturgia ei paradossi cristiani, Milan, Paoline, 1967.
• Otia monastica. Etudes sur le vocabulaire de la contemplation au Moyen Age , Rome, Herder, 1963.
• Aux sources de la spiritualité occidentale. Etapes et constantes , Paris, Cerf, 1964.
  • (Spanish) Espiritualidad occidental. Fuentes, Salamanca, Sígueme, 1967.
  • (Polish) U źródeł duchowości Zachodu. Etapy rozwoju i elementy stałe, Krakow, Tyniec, 2009.
• Témoins de la spiritualité occidentale , Paris, Cerf, 1965.
  • (Spanish) Espiritualidad occidental. Testigos, Salamanca, Sígueme, 1967.
• Chances de la spiritualité occidentale , Paris, Cerf, 1966.
• Aspects du monachisme hier et aujourd'hui , Paris, Source, 1968 (collective publication).
• Vie religeuse et vie contemplative , Paris, Lethielleux, 1969 (collective publication ).
  • (Spanish) Vida religiosa y vida contemplativa, Bilbao, Mensajero, 1970.
  • (Italian) Vita religiosa e vita contemplativa, Assisi, Cittadella, 1972.

After 1970

• Le Défi de la vie contemplative , Paris, Lethielleux, 1970 (collective publication).
  • (Spanish) El Desafío de la vida contemplativa, Bilbao, Mensajero, 1971.
• Libérez les prisonniers. Du bon larron à Jean XXIII , Paris, Cerf, 1976.
• Monks and love in 12th-century France. Psycho-historical essays , Oxford, Clarendon, 1979.
  • (French) Le Mariage vu par les moines au XIIe siècle, Paris, Cerf, 1983.
  • (Italian) I monaci e il matrimonio. Un'indagine sul XII secolo, Turin, SEI, 1984.
• L'Amour vu par les moines au xiie siècle , Paris, Cerf, 1983.
  • (Italian) I monaci e l'amore nella Francia del XII secolo, Rome, Jouvence, 1984.
• Nouvelle page d'histoire monastique. Histoire de l'AIM (Aide inter-monastères) 1960–1985 , Vanves, AIM, 1986.
  • (Italian) Venticinque anni di storia monastica AIM 1960–1985, Parma, Benedittina, 1988.
• (Italian) Umanesimo e cultura monastica , Milan, Jaca, 1989 (collective publication ).
• (Italian) Esperienza spirituale e teologia. Alla scuola dei mistici medievali , Milan, Jaca, 1990 (collective publication ).
• (Italian) Il monachesimo occidentale oggi , Seregno, Abbazia san Benedetto, 1992.
  • (Catalan) El Monaquisme occidental avui, Barcelona, ​​Montserrat, 2008.
• (Italian) Ossa humiliata. I, Frammenti di spiritualità monastica , Seregno, Abbazia San Benedetto, 1993.
• (Italian) Momenti e figure di storia monastica italiana , ed. by Valerio Cattana, Cesena, Badia di Santa Maria del Monte, 1993 (679 pages).
• Regards monastiques sur le Christ au Moyen Age , Paris, Desclée de Brouwers / Mame, 1993, 2010.
  • (Italian) La contemplazione di Cristo nel monachesimo medievale, Cinisello Balsamo, San Paolo, 1994.
  • (Spanish) Consideraciones monásticas sobre Cristo en la Edad Media, Bilbao, Desclée de Brouwer, 1999.
  • (Polish) Chrystus w oczach średniowiecznych mnichów, Krakow, Tyniec, 2001.
• (Italian) La figura della donna nel Medioevo , Milan, Jaca, 1994.
• (Italian) Il pensiero che contempla , Milan, Jaca, 2013 (with appreciation).

literature

• Bernard of Clairvaux. Studies presented to Dom Jean Leclercq , Washington, DC, Cistercian publications, 1973.
• Jean Leclercq, Di grazia in grazia. Memorie , Milan, Jaca, 1993.
  • (English) memoirs. From Grace to Grace , Petersham, Saint Bede's Publications, 2000.
• Interviste con Dom Jean Leclercq , ed. by Valerio Cattana, Seregno, Abbazia San Benedetto, 1995.
• The joy of learning and the love of God. Studies in honor of Jean Leclercq , ed. by E. Rozanne Elder, Kalamazoo, Cistercian Publications, 1995 (503 pages).
• Lettere di Dom Jean Leclercq, 1911–1993 , ed. by Valerio Cattana, Claudia Galli and Henri Rochais, Cesena, Badia di Santa Maria del Monte, 2000 (1731 pages).
• Dom Jean Leclercq tra storia e profezia del monachesimo. Una svolta epocale , ed. by Gregorio Penco, Cesena: Badia di Santa Maria del Monte: Centro storico benedettino italiano, 2003 (with list of publications).
• Paul Christophe, Dom Jean leclercq (1911–1993), moine de Clervaux et du monde, in: La Vie Spirituelle 793, March 2011, pp. 129–152.

Web links

• Literature by and about Jean Leclercq in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
• http://data.bnf.fr/atelier/11911967/jean_leclercq/ (date of death November 2, 1993)
• http://www.persee.fr/doc/ccmed_0007-9731_1994_num_37_145_2590 (obituary by Jean Becquet, in: Cahiers de civilization médiévale 37, 145, 1994, pp. 179–180)
• https://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/de/speeches/2008/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20080912_parigi-cultura.html (address by Pope Benedict XVI., September 12, 2008)