(Ebook) The Life of Jesus Christ: Part One, Volume 2, Chapters 41–92 by Ludolph of Saxony ISBN B082Z12MZ5

(Ebook) The Life of Jesus Christ: Part One, Volume 2, Chapters 41–92 by Ludolph of Saxony ISBN B082Z12MZ5

Although Ludolph of Saxony, Carthusian, produced a very detailed Lifeof Jesus Christ, little is known of his own life. From his name it is inferredthat his place of origin was the province of Saxony; he was born at the endof the thirteenth century. It is also believed that for many years he was aDominican friar. Ludolph entered the Carthusian monastery near Strasbourgin 1340, where he clearly made a favorable impression on his fellowCarthusians, for he was elected prior of Coblenz in 1343, just three yearsafter joining the Order. He resigned five years later, the reason being,according to the chapter of 1348, to settle a qualm of conscience. What thiswas is not known, but it has been suggested that he may have considered hiselection faulty because a prohibition announced at the chapter of 1319barred anyone who transferred to the Carthusians from a mendicant orderfrom holding office.1 Following his resignation Ludolph lived at thecharterhouse of Mainz and subsequently returned to Strasbourg, the houseof his profession, where he died on April 13, 1378.Ludolph has been credited with several works (even, incorrectly, theImitation of Christ), but the two major writings that are surely from his penare the Expositio in Psalterium Davidis and his most influential book, theVita Iesu Christi. This magisterial work presents the entire sweep of the lifeof Christ, from the eternal generation of the Son through his incarnation,ministry, death, and resurrection, concluding with the Last Judgment.