"A translation of the Vita Iesu Christi: an entire sweep of the life of Christ. Drawing on the Church Fathers, later spiritual writers, and contemporary sources, Ludolph of Saxony created an encyclopedic resource that became a popular spiritual text for several centuries"--
2022 Catholic Media Association first place award in backlist beautyThe Vita Christi of Ludolph of Saxony, fourteenth-century Carthusian, is the most comprehensive series of meditations on the life of Christ from the late Middle Ages. Ludolph assembles a wealth of commentary from the fathers of the church and the great medieval spiritual writers and weaves them into a seamless exposition of the Gospel.This is the full English translation of this classic work, and, while it will be of great interest to students of Christian spirituality, it is intended for ordinary believers seeking to enter more deeply into the meaning of the life of Christ. Ludolph divided his work into two parts; the present volume contains the first half of Part Two.