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Kristine T. Utterback wrote:
> 
> Dear List members,
> 
>        I am doing some work on lectio divina in my work on women's
> pilgrimages, as well as for a retreat on the same topic.  I'm familiar
> with some modern work on it, from the spirituality side, and everyone
> ascribes it to the middle ages, generally St. Benedict and Benedictine
> monasticism.  The Rule certainly doesn't say much (I don't remember it
> saying anything specific).  Does anyone know who wrote about it in the
> middle ages or how it was understood?  Are there modern scholarly
> sources?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kris Utterback
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See Hugh of St Victor, Didascalicon
William of St Thierry, The Golden Epistle
to begin with....


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