RT Book T1 Thoughts and reflections of Armand-Jean de Rancé, Abbot of La Trappe T2 Cistercian studies A1 Rancé, Armand Jean Le Bouthillier de 1626-1700 A1 Marsollier, Jacques 1647- 1724 A2 Bell, David N. 1943- LA English PP Collegeville, Minnesota PB Cistercian Publications, Liturgical Press YR 2022 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1805466259 AB "In 1703, three years after Armand-Jean de Rancé's death, Jacques Marsollier, one of Rancé's biographers, published a volume of selected Pensées et Réflexions, "Thoughts and Reflections," by Rancé. They are 259 of the essential ideas of the prolific writer and abbot presented in a condensed form"-- AB "Armand-Jean de Rancé (1626-1700), the reforming abbot of la Trappe, was a prolific writer in a verbose age. Until he was in his thirties, he enjoyed the life of a young man about town, but then, after experiencing a dramatic conversion, he left the world forever for the silence and austerity of la Trappe. To read all that he wrote when he governed the abbey would take a great deal of time, but in 1703, three years after Rancé's death, Jacques Marsollier, archdeacon of Uzèz and one of Rancé's biographers, published a slender volume of selected Pensées et Reflexions, "Thoughts and Reflections," by Rancé, which presents the essential ideas of the abbot in a condensed form. There are 259 Pensées, ranging in length from a couple of lines to about thirty. They are best dipped into, not read consecutively, for some will have more impact than others depending on the reader, the time, and the place. "-- NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BX4705.R3 SN 9780879071349 K1 Rancé, Armand Jean Le Bouthillier de : 1626-1700 K1 Trappists : France K1 RELIGION / Monasticism K1 RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic