The Vita Christi of Ludolph of Saxony, fourteenth-century Carthusian, is the most comprehensive series of meditations on the life of Christ from the late Middle Ages. Ludolph assembles a wealth of commentary from the fathers of the church and the great medieval spiritual writers and weaves them into a seamless exposition of the Gospel. This is the full English translation of this classic work and, while it will be of great interest to students of Christian spirituality, it is intended for ordinary believers seeking to enter more deeply into the meaning of the life of Christ. Ludolph divided his work into two parts; the present volume contains the second half of Part One.

Contents List of Abbreviations for Works Cited xi CHAPTER 41: Jesus Heals a Leper (Matt 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16) 1 CHAPTER 42: The Cure of the Centurion's Servant (Matt 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10) 15 CHAPTER 43: Cures of a Demoniac and Peter's Mother-in-law (Mark 1:21-31; Luke 4:31-39; Matt 8:14-15) 29 CHAPTER 44: The Raising of the Widow's Son (Luke 7:11-17) 43 CHAPTER 45: A Scribe and Two other Would-be Followers (Matt 8:18-22; Luke 9:57-62) 54 CHAPTER 46: The Lord Calms the Wind and the Sea (Matt 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25) 66 CHAPTER 47: Two Demoniacs Possessed by Legion (Matt 8:24-30; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39) 78 CHAPTER 48: The Paralytic Lowered through the Roof (Matt 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26) 89 CHAPTER 49: The Daughter of Jairus and the Woman with a Hemorrhage (Matt 9:18-26; Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-56) 101 CHAPTER 50: The Cures of Two Blind Men and a Mute (Matt 9:27-34) 114 CHAPTER 51: Christ Sends out the Apostles to Preach and Heal (Matt 9:35-10:15; Mark 6:7-11; Luke 9:1-6, 10:1-12) 124 CHAPTER 52: Patience in Adversity (Matt 10:16-27) 144 CHAPTER 53: Witnessing to Christ and the Fear of Death (Matt 10:28-33; Luke 12:4-9) 167 CHAPTER 54: Obstacles Encountered in Following Christ (Matt 10:34-39; Luke 12:49-50; 14:26-33) 180 CHAPTER 55: The Disciples' Consolation (Matt 10:40-42; Luke 10:16; John 13:20) 200 CHAPTER 56: John the Baptist Sends a Deputation to Jesus; Christ's Praise of John (Matt 11:2-15; Luke 7:18-28) 211 CHAPTER 57: Jesus Rebukes those Jews Who Do Not Believe (Matt 11:16-24; Luke 7:31-35; 10:13-15) 236 CHAPTER 58: The Apostles Return; the Seventy-two Are Sent out and Return (Matt 11:25-30; Mark 6:30-32; Luke 10:1-2, 17-22) 250 CHAPTER 59: The Man Set upon by Robbers (Matt 13:16-17; Luke 10:23-37) 272 CHAPTER 60: The Repentance of Mary Magdalen (Luke 7:36-50) 289 CHAPTER 61: Martha's Service and Mary's Leisure (Luke 10:38-42) 305 CHAPTER 62: The Samaritan Woman (John 4:3-42) 325 CHAPTER 63: The Cure of the Royal Official's Son (John 4:43-54) 344 CHAPTER 64: Four Parables for the Crowd, Three Parables for the Disciples (Matt 13:1-52; Mark 4:1-32; Luke 8:1-15) 356 CHAPTER 65: Jesus Visits the Synagogue in Nazareth (Matt 13:53-58; Mark 6:1-6; Luke 4:15-30) 388 CHAPTER 66: The Beheading of John the Baptist (Matt 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29) 404 CHAPTER 67: Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand (Matt 14:13-23; John 6:1-15; Luke 9:11-17; Mark 6:35-44) 421 CHAPTER 68: Ambition and other Faults of Clergy and Religious 440 CHAPTER 69: Jesus Walks on the Sea (Matt 14:24-34; Mark 6:47-53; John 6:18-21) 468 CHAPTER 70: Words of the Lord that Caused Some Disciples to Leave Him (John 6:24-70) 480 CHAPTER 71: The Disciples Pick Grain on the Sabbath (Matt 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5) 493 CHAPTER 72: The Man with a Withered Hand (Matt 12:9-13; Mark 3:1-6, 20-22; Luke 6:6-11) 509 CHAPTER 73: The Blind and Mute Demoniac (Matt 12:22-37; Mark 3:20-30; Luke 11:14-23) 521 CHAPTER 74: They Ask for a Sign from Heaven; the Parable of the Unclean Spirit (Matt 12:38-45; Luke 11:24-26, 29-32) 551 CHAPTER 75: A Woman Praises the Mother of Jesus; His Brethren Want To See Him (Matt 12:46-49; Luke 11:27-28) 566 CHAPTER 76: Jesus Rebukes the Pharisees and Lawyers (Luke 11:37-54) 577 CHAPTER 77: Dividing an Inheritance; the Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-21) 591 CHAPTER 78: Jesus Cures a Paralytic on the Sabbath (John 5:1-47) 603 CHAPTER 79: The Barren Fig Tree; Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman (Luke 13:1-17, 31-35) 626 CHAPTER 80: The Cure of a Man with Dropsy; Humility and Hospitality (Luke 14:1-14) 644 CHAPTER 81: The Parable of the Great Supper (Luke 14:16-24) 661 CHAPTER 82: Jesus goes up to the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:1-14, 30-53) 670 CHAPTER 83: The Woman Caught in Adultery (John 8:2-11) 687 CHAPTER 84: Jesus' Words Incite His Enemies to Want to Stone Him (John 8:12, 28-59) 697 CHAPTER 85: The Man Born Blind (John 9:1-41) 718 CHAPTER 86: The Good Shepherd (John 10:1-21) 732 CHAPTER 87: The Feast of the Dedication; Jesus' Enemies again Want to Kill Him (John 10:22-42) 750 CHAPTER 88: God's Commandments, Human Traditions (Matt 15:1-20; Mark 7:1-22) 766 CHAPTER 89: The Canaanite Woman and Her Daughter (Matt 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30) 779 CHAPTER 90: The Deaf Mute Possessed by a Demon (Mark 7:31-37) 792 CHAPTER 91: The Feeding of the Four Thousand (Matt 15:29-39; Mark 8:1-10) 803 CHAPTER 92: The Leaven of the Pharisees; the Cure of a Blind Man (Matt 15:39-16:12; Mark 8:10-21) 822 A cumulative index to the four volumes of Ludolph of Saxony's The Life of Jesus Christ will appear in the fourth volume, The Lifeof Jesus Christ: Part Two; Volume 4, Chapters 58-89, Cistercian Studies Series 284.