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 v
... St Victor -St Thomas Aquinas - Cloud of Unknowing ' - Ruysbroeck- Blosius St John of the Cross - St Francis of Sales - Fr Baker- Pascal - Mother Isabel - The great problem of mysticism : the truth of the claim . 3 1. ST . AUGUSTINE ...
... St Victor -St Thomas Aquinas - Cloud of Unknowing ' - Ruysbroeck- Blosius St John of the Cross - St Francis of Sales - Fr Baker- Pascal - Mother Isabel - The great problem of mysticism : the truth of the claim . 3 1. ST . AUGUSTINE ...
Strana ix
... St Gregory - Cluny- St Bernard and Richard of St Victor - St Thomas - Ruysbroeck- St Teresa - St John of the Cross - Bp Hedley - Modern conception of contemplative life different from traditional Western conception formulated by St ...
... St Gregory - Cluny- St Bernard and Richard of St Victor - St Thomas - Ruysbroeck- St Teresa - St John of the Cross - Bp Hedley - Modern conception of contemplative life different from traditional Western conception formulated by St ...
Strana xiii
... St Thomas , and , as I believe , according to St Gregory , and St Augustine before him . Now the ' Epilogue ' , which stood as the concluding section of the whole book , ought really to have been the conclusion of Part I , and its ...
... St Thomas , and , as I believe , according to St Gregory , and St Augustine before him . Now the ' Epilogue ' , which stood as the concluding section of the whole book , ought really to have been the conclusion of Part I , and its ...
Strana xv
... St Thomas as arbiter on the questions in debate . The foremost among them is Père Garrigou - Lagrange , professor of theology in the Angelico College , Rome ; he has made up a series of articles from the Dominican organ of ...
... St Thomas as arbiter on the questions in debate . The foremost among them is Père Garrigou - Lagrange , professor of theology in the Angelico College , Rome ; he has made up a series of articles from the Dominican organ of ...
Strana xxv
... St Thomas , St John of the Cross , and St Teresa , as their authorities ; but even this , I venture to think , affords too narrow a basis on which to erect the structure of mystical theology . The testimony of a large number of the ...
... St Thomas , St John of the Cross , and St Teresa , as their authorities ; but even this , I venture to think , affords too narrow a basis on which to erect the structure of mystical theology . The testimony of a large number of the ...
Obsah
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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