Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:
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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