Two series of texts have exercised a decisive,
constant and universal influence on the origin and development of medieval
monastic culture in the West and they contain
in germ the two essential components of this culture: grammar and
spirituality. . .. those connected with St. Benedict and those of a Doctor of the Church who was very close to him
in all respects, St. Gregory the Great. … And what does grammatica mean? . .. not only how to decipher letters, but to
understand texts. … To express a text, to make it give up its full meaning by
reciting it to one’s self…education is not separated from spiritual effort,
even from this viewpoint, the monastery is truly a “school for the service of
the Lord,” dominici schola servitii.
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God
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