Bernard of Clairvaux was a man of great holiness and wisdom. He helped spread the popularity of the Cistercian order, a religious group that believed in a simple and disciplined lifestyle. He loved to debate the great issues of the day and he wrote widely on church matters. Bernard was declared a doctor of the church in 1830 and in 1953 he became a Doctor of the Church in an encyclical of Pope Pius XII.
The message of Jesus, proclaimed in a simple, enthusiastic way
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