Homo Interior and Vita Socialis: Patristic Patterns and Twelfth-century Reflections (Studia Traditionis Theologiae, 52)

Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
	General Abbreviations
		Biblical books
		Augustine
		Cassian
		Gregory the Great
		Abelard
		Abelard and Heloise
		Hugh of Saint-Victor
		Marbod of Rennes
		Sulpicius Severus
Introduction
Chapter One: Detained in Human Society
	Augustine
		Introduction
		Social Life and its Discontents
		Private Self and Social Life
		Opacity and Transparence
		The Remedy of Signs. Inner Master and Outer Words
		Beyond Language
		Knowledge and Belief
		Belief and Love
		Nobody is Known Unless Through Friendship
Chapter Two: The Use of Humana Consortia
	Cassian
		Introduction
		Individual and Community
		Action and Contemplation
		Vices and Virtues
		Caritas and Detachment
		Virtue and Friendship
		Broken Promises
		Reciprocity
		The World Outside
		Knowing Other People
		Discretio, conscientia, and an Inner Core
		Prayer and Authorship
		Puritas Cordis. Control and Dependency
		Hard as Iron, Soft as Wax
Chapter Three: The Common Condition
	Gregory the Great
		Introduction
		Influences and Work
		Vita activa and vita contemplativa
		Hierarchy and Diversity
		The Pursuit of Private Praise
		Profile of the Preacher
		Introspection
		Man’s Common Condition
		Compassio and Caritas
		Reciprocity
		Transfer
		Human Communication
		Knowing Others
		‘This so great human race’
Chapter Four
Chapter Four: Patristic Reflections in the Twelfth Century
	Introduction
		Homo interior and socialis vita
		Knowing Self and Others
		Language
		The Inner’s Invisibility
		Intention and Sincerity
		Example and Fama
		Vita Activa and Vita Contemplativa
		Discussing Love
		Caritas ordinata
		The Golden Rule
		Compassion
		Communiter and Singulariter
		Patristic Reflections
Bibliography
Index
	Biblical Sources
	Ancient and Medieval Sources
	Pre-Modern Authors
	Modern Authors