Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Scripture and the Cistercian (scripture conference, 1951)

Item 1 - 

First Lines:  Lectio Divina in our life - not a pastime but an obligation (cf Dom Anselme de Bail -

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript with holograph additions

Date:  January no-day, 1951

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  First page has in ink "By Fr. Louis" [Thomas Merton]. The last page's verso has in pencil: "Southern agrarians [-] Alan Tate [-] John Crowe Ransom [-] Robert Penn Warren [-] Donald Davidson".

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 2 - 

First Lines:  Lectio Divina in our life - not a pastime but an obligation (cf Dom Anselme de Bail -

Sub-Type:  Notes

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Typescript with holograph additions

Date:  January no-day, 1951

Number of pages:  2

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Verso of second page has handwritten notes by Merton on the Papal Encyclical "Mystici Corporis Christi" by Pope Pius XII.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6