Talk:Bernard of Clairvaux

Content copied from Catholic Encyclopedia
Hello all-- I tagged the article with copypaste after noticing that it appeared to have been copied in great part from the Bernard articleon the Catholic Encyclopedia site. I e-mailed the person who maintains the site to see if there are restrictions on the material and am waiting to hear back. -Eric talk 15:21, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * http://www.newadvent.org hosts text from the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913, which is public domain. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:44, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. I wasn't sure what to do. Do you know if there's a general consensus as to whether we should lean towards or away from copying public domain material directly? -Eric talk 17:52, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

The article needs a template, because there is still copy/pasted text from Catholic Encyclopedia in there, e.g. "The last years of Bernard's life were saddened by the failure of the Second Crusade he had preached, the entire responsibility for which was thrown upon him" is copied from https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/St._Bernard_of_Clairvaux. Isn't there now a template for this which can be put at the top of an article? Adpete (talk) 04:03, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Revert
Speaking of ″apparent incorrect″ (revert as of 03:12, 17 August 2016):

My changes were based on The disparaging remarks by Eric are apparently incorrect. Je suis Nigérian (talk) 05:33, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) page 170 of the cited book (chapter heading),
 * 2) Template:Cite book (authorlink, formatting),
 * 3) English grammar (its -> it's).
 * Disparaging remarks?? I don't think so. You might want to grow a thicker skin if you're going to edit here. Follow the Google Books link and search for the string "I belief" before you do any more reverting. Eric talk 13:01, 18 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Speaking of ″incorrect changes″ (edit as of 13:02, 18 August 2016):
 * Template:Cite book & Authors has a parameter for ″authorlink″.
 * Template:Cite book & Title has a parameter for ″chapter headings″.
 * Template:Cite book & Title does not have a parameter for ″page headers″.
 * With many thanks for disparaging my thin skin. Je suis Nigérian (talk) 21:45, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, no trouble at all. Good to see you fixed the quote. Eric talk 23:25, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Your reply gives me wings. Je suis Nigérian (talk) 00:35, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

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The Cistercian 'Order'
One of the problems with understanding the Cistercian reform is that the concept of an 'Order' is problematic. Although the Carthusians (who aren't Benedictines) are credited with the invention of the concept, the idea of joining an 'order' and not a 'monastery' is problematic given the Benedictine emphasis on Stability. Cluny theoretically operated as a single monastery, which the Cistercians explicitly rejected.

The specific point at issue is the tendency of this article to refer to the Cistercian order in a way that is not coherent. I've made some changes in detail; I hope they will be acceptable in the light of the above comments. Ender&#39;s Shadow Snr (talk) 11:53, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Children's book a valid source for Wikipedia?
The section on "Temptations and intercessions" is taken from a children's book used to prepare kids for First Communion. That is not appropriate source material. I will delete the section in a few days; if in the meantime someone can find a better source, please do. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 14:42, 9 April 2021 (UTC)


 * I made some changes today. Still a lot of improvement necessary here. Melchior2006 (talk) 06:53, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Why is “Bernard of Clairvaux” being pushed over “Saint Bernard”, “St Bernard”?
Why is the Clairvaux bit being pushed these days. One cannot even get to his WIKI page by way of googling “Saint Bernard” nor “St Bernard”. 2A00:23C7:2B13:9001:CC51:BCEA:6940:F505 (talk) 02:11, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Click on those links & see why! Johnbod (talk) 02:26, 8 November 2022 (UTC)