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 xviii
... described in many places , and under a variety of names , by St Francis of Sales , in his own writings , and in the reflection of his teaching found in those of St Jane Frances of Chantal : such are , ' prayer of simple committal ...
... described in many places , and under a variety of names , by St Francis of Sales , in his own writings , and in the reflection of his teaching found in those of St Jane Frances of Chantal : such are , ' prayer of simple committal ...
Strana xxii
... described in the saint's second Relation to Fr Rodrigo Alvarez , S.J.2 It is a certain interior recollection of which the soul is sensible ; the soul seems to have other senses within itself , then , which bear some likeness to the ...
... described in the saint's second Relation to Fr Rodrigo Alvarez , S.J.2 It is a certain interior recollection of which the soul is sensible ; the soul seems to have other senses within itself , then , which bear some likeness to the ...
Strana xlvi
... described the prayer of Union . This is for St Teresa true and perfect con- templation , a fully supernatural state , the psychological side of which is a suspension or absorption in God of all the faculties and powers of the soul , yet ...
... described the prayer of Union . This is for St Teresa true and perfect con- templation , a fully supernatural state , the psychological side of which is a suspension or absorption in God of all the faculties and powers of the soul , yet ...
Strana xlvii
... described by St Teresa in the Fifth Mansion as ecstatic , he makes it fall in the category of ' extraordinary ' states , according to his own definition , and therefore outside of the ' normal ' development of the spiritual life , and a ...
... described by St Teresa in the Fifth Mansion as ecstatic , he makes it fall in the category of ' extraordinary ' states , according to his own definition , and therefore outside of the ' normal ' development of the spiritual life , and a ...
Strana liii
... described in St Teresa's Fifth Mansion , and in the similar narrations of other mystics . The idea of non - conceptual workings of the mind is abhorrent to psychologists , and so their disposition is to reduce the state of mystical ...
... described in St Teresa's Fifth Mansion , and in the similar narrations of other mystics . The idea of non - conceptual workings of the mind is abhorrent to psychologists , and so their disposition is to reduce the state of mystical ...
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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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