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 xi
... attention to the salient features of what they say , point the moral , and sum up the import of it all . Readers are apt to find long extracts boring , and to skip them with a hurried glance ; it would be an entire misconception to take ...
... attention to the salient features of what they say , point the moral , and sum up the import of it all . Readers are apt to find long extracts boring , and to skip them with a hurried glance ; it would be an entire misconception to take ...
Strana xii
... attention is directed to the section on St Gregory in Part II , being his teaching on the contemplative and active lives . It contains a body of doctrine at once elevated , sane , and practical , that must , it is believed , prove most ...
... attention is directed to the section on St Gregory in Part II , being his teaching on the contemplative and active lives . It contains a body of doctrine at once elevated , sane , and practical , that must , it is believed , prove most ...
Strana xvi
... attention to this altogether admirable piece . Let Fr de Besse speak : ( Chap . ix . ) Meditation carefully practised leads on to affective prayer . This in its turn leads just as surely to the ' prayer of faith ' . The grace of prayer ...
... attention to this altogether admirable piece . Let Fr de Besse speak : ( Chap . ix . ) Meditation carefully practised leads on to affective prayer . This in its turn leads just as surely to the ' prayer of faith ' . The grace of prayer ...
Strana xviii
... attention ' : so in the oft - cited passage , text , p . 214 , and else- where : ' learn to abide with attention in loving waiting upon God in the state of quiet ' ; ' an attention , or general loving knowledge of God ' ; ' a simple ...
... attention ' : so in the oft - cited passage , text , p . 214 , and else- where : ' learn to abide with attention in loving waiting upon God in the state of quiet ' ; ' an attention , or general loving knowledge of God ' ; ' a simple ...
Strana xix
... attention , and so bring it nearer and nearer to God . The soul should not stay in meditation , for by its fidelity in mortification and recollection , it ordinarily receives a purer and more intimate prayer , which may be called ...
... attention , and so bring it nearer and nearer to God . The soul should not stay in meditation , for by its fidelity in mortification and recollection , it ordinarily receives a purer and more intimate prayer , which may be called ...
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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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