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
... Essence - So did St Paul - St Thomas follows St Augustine - Did St Augustine believe he had him- self enjoyed this vision ? -The mystic experience not usually such as this . 2. ST GREGORY THE GREAT INTRODUCTORY GENERAL SKETCH HOMILY ON ...
... Essence - So did St Paul - St Thomas follows St Augustine - Did St Augustine believe he had him- self enjoyed this vision ? -The mystic experience not usually such as this . 2. ST GREGORY THE GREAT INTRODUCTORY GENERAL SKETCH HOMILY ON ...
Strana xxviii
... essence a simple intuition of truth , terminating in an affection of the will.1 But for another school or tradition , represented by St Bonaventure , contemplation and mystic union lies primarily in the affective order , and is a matter ...
... essence a simple intuition of truth , terminating in an affection of the will.1 But for another school or tradition , represented by St Bonaventure , contemplation and mystic union lies primarily in the affective order , and is a matter ...
Strana xxxi
... essence of contemplation is the simple gaze on divine truth : without this intuition one may well enjoy a certain mystic union , but one does not properly " contemplate " . " This is helpful . St John distinguishes contemplation and ...
... essence of contemplation is the simple gaze on divine truth : without this intuition one may well enjoy a certain mystic union , but one does not properly " contemplate " . " This is helpful . St John distinguishes contemplation and ...
Strana xxxvi
... essence , but only accidental adjuncts . These , being of the nature of gratiae gratis datae , like the charismata of the Corinthians , are properly ' extraordinary ' gifts , and are never legitimate objects of desire or prayer . But ...
... essence , but only accidental adjuncts . These , being of the nature of gratiae gratis datae , like the charismata of the Corinthians , are properly ' extraordinary ' gifts , and are never legitimate objects of desire or prayer . But ...
Strana xlix
... Essence as supposed to have been granted to Moses and St Paul ( text , pp . 55-62 ) . In order to have clearly before his mind the nature of the claim of the mystics , let the reader go over the set of citations in the Prologue and the ...
... Essence as supposed to have been granted to Moses and St Paul ( text , pp . 55-62 ) . In order to have clearly before his mind the nature of the claim of the mystics , let the reader go over the set of citations in the Prologue and the ...
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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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