Gerard of Nazareth, John Bale and the Origins of the Carmelite Order
Describing the general condition of the Latin Church in Outremer in the 1220s, Jacques de Vitry enumerated, as examples of those who had chosen the religious life, the hermits of Mt Carmel:Others, following the example and imitation of the holy solitary Elijah the Prophet, live on Mt Carmel, especia...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1995
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 1995, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 214-236 |
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| Summary: | Describing the general condition of the Latin Church in Outremer in the 1220s, Jacques de Vitry enumerated, as examples of those who had chosen the religious life, the hermits of Mt Carmel:Others, following the example and imitation of the holy solitary Elijah the Prophet, live on Mt Carmel, especially on the part which overlooks the city of Porphyria, which today is called Cayphas [Haifa], near the spring which is called the spring of Elijah, and not far from the monastery of the Blessed Virgin Margaret. They lead a solitary life in small cells as in a hive; like the bees of the Lord they gather the honey of spiritual sweetness. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046900011349 |