Isaac of Stella

Isaac of Stella or de l'Étoile (* 1100 [ exact date unknown ] in England, † 1178, on the Ile de Ré, France ) was a Cistercian abbot and writer.

He entered the Order in Pontigny monastery, became abbot of the monastery Stella 1147 and founded the monastery in 1168 by Les Chateliers on the then deserted Ile de Ré, which corresponded to the order ideal of withdrawal into the wilderness. He has written several scripts, including a collection of 55 sermons, which he wrote for his confreres. Thomas Becket was friends with him.

Isaac is in contrast to most other theologians of the Cistercian order, among other things in his thought oriented to the mysticism of Dionysius the Areopagite; that is, he emphasizes the incomprehensibility of God, who is over all human understanding - even on all the philosophical and theological terms.

Works

  • Patrologia Latina vol 194, Sp 1689 to 1896 online edition
  • Sermons / sermons. In Appendix: De Anima / On the Soul. De officio missae / About the Fair. Latin and German. Translated by Wolfgang Müller and Bernhard Gottfried book Kohout Mountain Hammer. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2012 ( Fontes Christiani Vol 52), ISBN 978-3-451-30961-8, ISBN 978-3-451-30962-5
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