Western Mysticism: Augustine, Gregory, and Bernard on Contemplation and the Contemplative LifeCourier Corporation, 1. 1. 2003 - 242 strán (strany) This collection presents the writings of three of Western Christianity's most revered teachers of mystical theology. In addition to personal accounts by Saint Augustine, Saint Gregory, and Saint Bernard of their religious experiences, Western Mysticism discusses speculative contemplation, defines mysticism and its characteristics, and contrasts contemplative and active lives. |
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Strana vi
... THE ACT OF CONTEMPLATION Contemplation of the heart - Contemplation of the intellect - Tran- siency - Effects - Transformation ' - ' Deification ' - ' Nuptials . ' 102 50 55 55 PAGE ( D ) SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE : UNION Early Christian CONTENTS.
... THE ACT OF CONTEMPLATION Contemplation of the heart - Contemplation of the intellect - Tran- siency - Effects - Transformation ' - ' Deification ' - ' Nuptials . ' 102 50 55 55 PAGE ( D ) SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE : UNION Early Christian CONTENTS.
Strana vii
... Christian symbolism - Bernard's portrayal of the spiritual mar- riage - Safeguard against Pantheism . ( E ) PSYCHO - PHYSICAL CONCOMITANTS St Bernard's language examined - Evidence in regard to ecstasy , rapture , and bodily phenomena ...
... Christian symbolism - Bernard's portrayal of the spiritual mar- riage - Safeguard against Pantheism . ( E ) PSYCHO - PHYSICAL CONCOMITANTS St Bernard's language examined - Evidence in regard to ecstasy , rapture , and bodily phenomena ...
Strana xi
... Christianity will before long be caught up and carried away by the elevation , the eloquence , and the compelling ... Christian Doctrine , the members whereof were each to take up some subject for private study . This was in 1902 ...
... Christianity will before long be caught up and carried away by the elevation , the eloquence , and the compelling ... Christian Doctrine , the members whereof were each to take up some subject for private study . This was in 1902 ...
Strana xiv
... Christian tradition , the principle that contemplation should be the normal issue of a spiritual life seriously led , and therefore is a thing open to all devout souls , was the Abbé Auguste Saudreau . He in 1896 published Les Degrés de ...
... Christian tradition , the principle that contemplation should be the normal issue of a spiritual life seriously led , and therefore is a thing open to all devout souls , was the Abbé Auguste Saudreau . He in 1896 published Les Degrés de ...
Strana xix
... Christ ; and for this we must disengage it gently from reasoning , discourse , and the multitude of affections , in order to keep it in simplicity , regard , and attention , and so bring it nearer and nearer to God . The soul should not ...
... Christ ; and for this we must disengage it gently from reasoning , discourse , and the multitude of affections , in order to keep it in simplicity , regard , and attention , and so bring it nearer and nearer to God . The soul should not ...
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SPECULATIVE CONTEMPLATION | 1 |
WHAT MYSTICISM IS | 3 |
ST AUGUSTINE | 17 |
ST GREGORY THE GREAT | 63 |
ST BERNARD | 93 |
SUMMARY | 121 |
EPILOGUE | 133 |
THE VALIDITY OF THE MYSTICS CLAIM | 135 |
PRACTICAL THE CONTEMPLATIVE AND ACTIVE LIVES | 155 |
ST GREGORY THE GREAT | 169 |
ST BERNARD | 189 |
SUMMARY | 199 |
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