
Résumé
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'Friends and readers, friends of Belloc, more generally all of those interested in the monastic tradition, [this book] will oblige you to forget the picture postcard images, still in circulation, of life in an abbey - especially if you think of it as an immobile community more or less closed off from society and ignorant of the realities of the world and history. Be prepared, on the contrary, for a plunge into the turmoil of the confrontation between Church and State, world wars and Basque nationalism! [...] Father Marc Doucet reviews the history of his community while keeping an eye on the real world. Using documents from many archives, he reveals how the community at Belloc has lived through the great crises of history how it is constantly renewing its foundations how it respects the Benedictine tradition! [...] These"men driven by God"are engaged in a permanent combat their conversion to God's grace is an on-going affair [...].' [Claude Dagens, Excerpt from the preface] This book is not a simple monograph its aim is to show how this community - born of a fraternal gratuity a hundred and thirty years ago - has faced the realities of history. It analyses how this monastery, completely 'in this world' must not be 'of this world' in order to remain faithful to the Gospel and its specific vocation of research and testimony. Marc Doucet shows how the Benedictine abbey, devoted to 'seeking God' through contemplation and spreading his word in their mission (almost all over the world), has lived that vocation in a historical context which was at first hostile, then during a period of great revival of the Church of France. The means may appear to be very different, but what the monks live and try to communicate remains the same today as the intuitive message of the founders and first itinerant missionaries, and with the same conviction: what the world needs most is God."
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Marc Doucet |
Collection | Histoire |
Parution | 04/06/2009 |
Format | 14.5 x 23.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 922g |
EAN13 | 9782204087858 |
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