Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Action and contemplation in St. Bernard

Item 1 - Action in the Monastic Life

First Lines:  In his ninth sermon on the Canticle of Canticles, St. Bernard describes the apostolic fruitfulness

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  15

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  The first of three articles published Collectanea. The manuscript is untitled. It appears in English as "Action in the Monastic Life" (pp. 38-44 in Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard and pp. 43-57 in Marthe, Marie et Lazare).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 5

Item 2 - I - Action and Contemplation in the Mystery of Christ

First Lines:  Before we approach the subject of this book, which is St Bernard's doctine on the Active and

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  15

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Not one of the three original articles from Collectanea, it was added as the first chapter of the book-length text (pp. 22-37 in Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard and pp. 17-42 in Marthe, Marie et Lazare).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 5

Item 3 - II - The Contemplative Life

First Lines:  We have seen (17) that the monastic community, in all its integral perfection, is made up of men who

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  16

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  The second of three articles published Collectanea (pp. 45-58 in Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard and pp. 57-84 in Marthe, Marie et Lazare).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 5

Item 4 - III - The Care of Souls [published in English as "The Apostolate"]

First Lines:  A curious error of the monk Joachim of Flora, condemned by Alexander IV in 1255, bears

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  22

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  The third of three articles published Collectanea (pp. 59-78 in Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard and pp. 85-111 in Marthe, Marie et Lazare). The last part of this essay is divided into a new chapter in the French, "Chapitre IV. L'union de l'Action et de la Contemplation" (the division begins on p. 72 of the Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard, after note 148, and continues to the end of the essay (French edition pp. 113-126).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 5

Item 5 - Martha Mary and Lazarus of Action and Contemplation in the Doctrine of St Bernard

First Lines:  I - Action and Contemplation. Before we approach the subject of this book, which is St Bernard's

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  83

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Copied from Sub-Section D.5. Contains five sections.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 5

Item 6 - VI [should be IV?] - Mulier Amicta Sole Action and contemplation in the Blessed Virgin Mary.

First Lines:  There is one exception to St Bernard's rule that every perfect soul combines in itself the vocation

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  10

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Not one of the three original articles from Collectanea, it was added as the final chapter of the book-length text of "Action and Contemplation" (pp. 79-88 in Thomas Merton on Saint Bernard and pp. 127-145 in Marthe, Marie et Lazare).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 5