Nomasticon Cisterciense

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The Nomasticon Cisterciense is a collection of legal texts and regulations relating to the Cistercian order , which were enacted in the first three centuries after its foundation in the 12th century. It was published in 1664 by Julien Paris in the publishing house Alliot and is related to the movement of stricter observance in the Cistercian order.

In 1892 an enlarged new edition appeared in Solesmes , edited by Father Hugues Séjalon.

construction

The work consists of three parts, each containing legal provisions or disciplinary instructions from one of the first three centuries of the order's history. The first section includes an edition of the Rule of Benedict , the Carta Caritatis , the Usus Antiquiores and resolutions of the General Chapter . The second section is followed by files on jurisdictional disputes between abbots under Pope Urban IV , a constitution by Pope Clement IV on the interpretation of the Carta Caritatis and other official definitions of the order. The third part contains the Reform Bull Benedictina as well as new definitions and papal letters to the General Chapter. The prologue precedes the collection of literature on the early history of the Cistercian order, which is intended to show the religious zeal and the conscientious life of the early Cistercians and the authors of internal laws:

  1. Capitula Exordii seu Historiae nascentis Coenobii & Ordinis Cisterciensis. Prologus (18 chapters of Exordia literature).
  2. Constitutiones, Distinctiones Capituli Nomastici Ordinis Cisterciensis (Constitutions and legal texts of the Cistercian Order).
    1. Prima Pars complectens Constitutiones quae primo praedicti Ordinis saeculo sancitae sunt. Pp. 1–368 (1st part: Constitutions of the 1st century after the founding of the order).
      1. Regula Sanctissimi P. Benedicti Abbatis. Pp. 4–62 (Rule of Benedict).
      2. Charitatis Charter. Pp. 65-80.
      3. Usus Antiquiores Ordinis Cisterciensis. Pp. 83–244 (including liturgical regulations from the early history of the order).
      4. Instituta Capituli Generalis Ordinis Cisterciensis. Pp. 246–272 (ordinances of the general chapter).
      5. Institutiones Capituli Generalis Ordinis Cisterciensis. Pp. 274–368 (Orders of the General Chapter; the duties, admission and discharge of monks; services in the monastery; privileges of the order; the vestments etc.).
    2. Secunda Pars Nomastici Cisterciensis complectens Constitutiones quae secundo praedicti Ordinis saeculo sancitae sunt. P. 369-582 (2nd part: Constitutions of the 2nd century after the founding of the order).
      1. Acta disceptationis (Abbatum Ordinis Cisterciensis sub Urbano IV) pp. 379-464 (disputes between the abbots under Urban IV regarding the jurisdiction in the order).
      2. Constitutio D. Papae Clementis IV. Pro Interpretatione Chartae Charitatis, & compositione praedictae Disceptationis. Pp. 466-480 (Constitution of Pope Clement IV on the interpretation of the Carta Caritatis and on the reconciliation of disputes).
      3. Libellus Antiquarum definitionum Ordinis Cisterciensis. Pp. 482-582 (old definitions of the order).
    3. Nomastici Cisterciense seu Antiquiores Ordinis Cisterciensis Constitutiones. Tertia Pars complectens constitutiones quae tertio praedicti Ordinis saeculo sancitae sunt. Pp. 583–686 (3rd part: Constitutions of the 3rd century after the founding of the order).
      1. Constitutio D. Benedicti Papae XII. per Reformation Ordinis Cisterciensis. P. 586–614 (Constitution Benedictina of Pope Benedict XII for the reform of the order).
      2. Libellus Novellarum Definitionum Ordinis Cisterciensis. Pp. 616–662 (new definitions of the Order).
      3. Epistolae Romanorum Pontificium Eugenii IV. Nicolai V & Innocentii VIII. Ad Capitulum Generale Ordinis Cisterciensis. Pp. 664–673 (letters from Popes Eugene IV , Nicholas V and Innocent VIII to the General Chapter).
      4. Articuli Parisienses. Pp. 674–686 ( article on the reform of the order issued in 1494 at the Collège des Bernardins ).

intention

The nomasticon is influenced by the movement of stricter observance, which after the Council of Trento (1545–1563) intended a renewal of the Cistercians by means of more precise observance of the rule of the order . The aim of the publisher Paris, who as a university lecturer and abbot of the Foucarmont monastery himself was a follower of the stricter observance, is to emphasize the piety of the Cistercian order in the first centuries, which was the result of strict adherence to the strict internal rules of the order. In the preface to the Nomasticon, Paris emphasizes that these regulations had the effect that the Cistercian order was respected by everyone because of its extraordinary holiness. He attributed the spiritual decline of the Cistercians in his time to the forgetting and non-observance or the softening of these rules, which he tried to counteract with the nomasticon.

research

The nomasticon is a valued source of early writings of the order in Cistercian research. However, the comparison with older codices showed that in some places there were inaccuracies that could disrupt meaning and some additions that were found in manuscripts from the 15th century were missing. There is no critical new edition of the Nomasticon based on current research. The edition by Hugues Séjalon (1892) is the last one to date.

literature

  • Julien Paris, Hugues Séjalon (ed.): Nomasticon Cisterciense seu antiquiores Ordinis Cistercienses constitutiones . Typograpeum Sancti Petri, Solesmis 1892.
  • Julien Paris (Ed.): Nomasticon Cisterciense seu antiquiores Ordinis Cistercienses constitutiones . Verlag Alliot, Parisiis 1664. Online on the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek website .
  • Gilbert M. Wellstein: On the Nomasticon Cisterciense . In: Cistercian Chronicle . Volume 21, No. 239-250, 1909, pp. 21-22.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Julien Paris, Hugues Séjalon (ed.): Nomasticon Cisterciense seu antiquiores Ordinis Cistercienses constitutiones . Typographeum Sancti Petri, Solesmis 1892.
  2. ↑ Hanc nascentis Ordinis Cisterciensis Historiam sequenti Constitutionum ejus Collectioni praemittimus, ut cujus Statuta ac Definitions exhibituri sumus, illius Originem primariosque auctores prius ob oculos ponamus. Julien Paris (Ed.): Nomasticon Cisterciense seu antiquiores Ordinis Cistercienses constitutiones . Publishing house Alliot, Parisiis 1664, Admonitio in Exordium Coenobii et Ordinis Cisterciensis (no page number).
  3. ↑ See the author's statement in the Nomasticon.
  4. ↑ Quis enim nesciat harum beneficio Legum, hunc ipsum Ordinem, in ea tunc temporis apud omnes sanctitatis existimatione fuisse, immo et ad eum perfectionis statum pervenisse, ut fere omnes pertraheret ad sanctiorem vivendi et agendi rationem? Julien Paris (Ed.): Nomasticon Cisterciense seu antiquiores Ordinis Cistercienses constitutiones . Verlag Alliot, Parisiis 1664, Illustrissimo ac integerrimo viro domino D. Guillelmo de Lamoignon augustissimi Galliarum senatus principi (without page number).
  5. ↑ Quis enim non aegre ferret, Leges tam sanctas, tam accuratas, tam omni ex parte perfectas haberi neglectui, immo et aliquando contemptui, etiam ab iis qui non nisi earum beneficio vivunt et subditis imperant? Julien Paris (Ed.): Nomasticon Cisterciense seu antiquiores Ordinis Cistercienses constitutiones . Verlag Alliot, Parisiis 1664, Praefatio ad lectorem (no page number).
  6. ↑ See Gilbert M. Wellstein: To the Nomasticon Cisterciense . In: Cistercienser Chronik , Volume 21, No. 239–250, 1909, pp. 21–22.