Quid Gloriaris Militia (Denis the Carthusian's Commentary on the Psalms)

<p class=ql-align-justify><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>QUID GLORIARIS IN MALITIA</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> the third of six anticipated volumes translating Denis the Carthusian's (1402-1471) entire </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Commentary on the Psalms</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> contains Denis's lively commentary of Psalms 51 through 75. By interpreting the Psalms with a robust Christocentric point of view and by combining with it the revelation of the one Christ who has spoken through the prophets and who is revealed in the Gospels Denis often gives us new insight into the mind of Christ. Though never neglecting the literal or historical underlay of the Psalms Denis teases out for the reader the allegorical tropological and anagogical senses of the Psalms thus providing great spiritual fodder for reflection meditation and contemplation of God sublime and blessed. For Denis both praying and living the Psalms is a central staple of the Christian </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>conversatio</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> or manner of life; therefore he constantly insists that the inner heart of man must align itself with the spoken word. The translated </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Commentary</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> is supplemented by Denis's own copious references to Scripture but it also includes extensive footnotes that guide a reader who might be unfamiliar with historical cosmological biblical theological doctrinal or moral issues raised by Denis in his </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Commentary</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>. Not long ago a common refrain among academics was He who read Denis leaves nothing unread. It might also be said that he who does not read Denis's </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Commentary on the Psalms</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> leaves the Psalms unread. This first-ever English translation of Denis's </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Commentary on the Psalms </em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>makes the riches of his thought long-too long-neglected available to a wider audience.</span></p>