Excerpt from S. Bernardi, Abbatis Primi Claræ-Vallensis, Opera Omnia, Vol. 4: Sex Tomis in Quintuplici Volumine Comprehensa, Post Horstium Denuo Recognita, Aucta Et in Meliorem Digesta Ordinem, Necnon Novis Præfationibus, Pars Posterior, S. Bernardi Operum Tomum Vi ComplectensOmnium nostri ordinis hist0riarum quasi lapis fundamenti, et scri ptum maxime authenticum, est liber ille, quem Exordium ordinis Cis tcrcicnsis vocamue. Hujus enim venerandam antiqui tatem suspicimus non solum nos Cisterciensis familia alumni, sed et classici quique auctores illum magno in pretxo habent ubique enim antiquitatum ecclesiasficsmm periti in eo repefiunt preeclara testimonia, quibus opiniones et histories stabilutnt et confirment. Quantum ad me, quotiescunque hanc librom evolve, non possum satis pietatem, styli gravitatem, sententimm pondus, et mirandas eventus, qui ibidem referuntur, non miram: idque ausim dicere, hanc in suo genere esse ex majorihus et pretiosioribus thesauris quo gaudet Ecclesia, talemque a fidelibus babendum.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.