Studies on the terminology of Saint Bernard

This article by Vladimir Lossky, published in the *Archivum Latinitatis Medii Aevi* in 1942, concerns the mystical terminology of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. It is a philological and theological study that analyzes the technical vocabulary of the Abbot of Clairvaux through a methodical examination of selected terms, presented in alphabetical order. The central idea is that Bernardine terminology, apparently natural and fluid, conceals a highly technical vocabulary, the formation of which depends primarily on the Bible: Bernard does not quote Scripture, he thinks and expresses himself spontaneously in its language. The contribution of the study is twofold: it illuminates Bernard's own method of scriptural interpretation and demonstrates, through the analysis of terms such as *abbreviatus* or *accidentalis*, how a medieval Latin theologian forges an original mystical language from biblical and philosophical sources inherited from Antiquity.