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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... claim - Pseudo - Dionysius - Richard of 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 ...
... claim - Pseudo - Dionysius - Richard of 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 ...
Strana vii
... CLAIM The outstanding problem of mysticism : Is the claim of the mystics valid ? -Claims of union with divinity a very common religious phenomenon - Nearly always illusion - Mystics in bad company - Is their witness such as to impose ...
... CLAIM The outstanding problem of mysticism : Is the claim of the mystics valid ? -Claims of union with divinity a very common religious phenomenon - Nearly always illusion - Mystics in bad company - Is their witness such as to impose ...
Strana viii
... CLAIMS OF THE TWO LIVES Those of active life imperative - Three Lives : the leisured or contem- plative , the busied ... CLAIMS OF THE TWO LIVES His conciliation of the mutual claims of the Two Lives on the individual is St Gregory's ...
... CLAIMS OF THE TWO LIVES Those of active life imperative - Three Lives : the leisured or contem- plative , the busied ... CLAIMS OF THE TWO LIVES His conciliation of the mutual claims of the Two Lives on the individual is St Gregory's ...
Strana xvi
... claims , I think rightly , that his book is an exposition , in simple popular form , of the elementary portion of the teaching of St John of the Cross on contemplation . It is a noteworthy feature of the current discussions , how St ...
... claims , I think rightly , that his book is an exposition , in simple popular form , of the elementary portion of the teaching of St John of the Cross on contemplation . It is a noteworthy feature of the current discussions , how St ...
Strana xx
... claims that his rigid definition of ' mystical ' , cited above , has the authority of St Teresa , and Farges agrees with him ; I think 1 Op . cit . c . i . The statement , text , p . 216 , made on the authority of Pourrat , that the ...
... claims that his rigid definition of ' mystical ' , cited above , has the authority of St Teresa , and Farges agrees with him ; I think 1 Op . cit . c . i . The statement , text , p . 216 , made on the authority of Pourrat , that 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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