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 viii
... Definition of the Two Lives - Exposition of theory from Hom . in Ezech . II . ii . - Martha and Mary - Lia and Rachel . ( G ) THE TWO LIVES 173 The active life necessary , the contemplative optional - Only by exercising active life can ...
... Definition of the Two Lives - Exposition of theory from Hom . in Ezech . II . ii . - Martha and Mary - Lia and Rachel . ( G ) THE TWO LIVES 173 The active life necessary , the contemplative optional - Only by exercising active life can ...
Strana xx
... 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 term ' acquired ' was ...
... 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 term ' acquired ' was ...
Strana xxiii
... definition is to be accepted , as not so much an innovation , as an advance in precision of conception and ex- pression concerning the nature of contemplation . And , in fact , her definition of contemplation has come to be commonly ...
... definition is to be accepted , as not so much an innovation , as an advance in precision of conception and ex- pression concerning the nature of contemplation . And , in fact , her definition of contemplation has come to be commonly ...
Strana xxxvi
... definition and terminology : yet it is not so : they are intimately bound up with those issues of practical personal devotion and religion that were a principal motive of the writing of this book ( pp . 131-132 , 222-223 ) . And so I ...
... definition and terminology : yet it is not so : they are intimately bound up with those issues of practical personal devotion and religion that were a principal motive of the writing of this book ( pp . 131-132 , 222-223 ) . And so I ...
Strana xli
... definition , makes all mystical prayer ' extraordinary ' , ' supernatural ' in St Teresa's sense , yet agrees with the others that the mystic union is a lawful and good object of desire and prayer , and shows that this is the ...
... definition , makes all mystical prayer ' extraordinary ' , ' supernatural ' in St Teresa's sense , yet agrees with the others that the mystic union is a lawful and good object of desire and prayer , and shows that this is 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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