Peter Abelard antiquity for their virtues and for their discovery by the use of reason of many fundamental aspects of Christian revelation. At some point in this time Abelard wrote, among other things, his famous "Historia Calamitatum". This moved Héloïse to write her first Letter; the first being followed by the two other Letters, in which she finally accepted the part of resignation, which, now as a brother to a sister, Abelard commended to her. Sometime before 1140, Abelard published his masterpiece, "Ethica" or "Scito te ipsum" (Know Thyself), where he analyzes the idea of sin and that actions are not what
Adoramus te Thy Holy Cross<br> hast redeemed the world.<br> Thou, who hast suffered death for us,<br> O Lord, O Lord,<br> have mercy on us. Adoramus te Adoramus te (We adore Thee) is a stanza that is recited/sung mostly during the Stations of the Cross of the Catholic tradition. It is retained in some confessional Anglican and Lutheran traditions during the Good Friday liturgy, although generally in the vernacular. It is recited or sung between stations. The words in Latin and their translation in English are as follows: Adoramus te, Christe,<br> et benedicimus tibi, <br> quia per sanctam crucem tuam <br> redemisti mundum.