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 xvi
... grace of prayer generally terminates here , for it has reached the degree of ordinary perfection . Beyond that point prayer becomes extraordinary . When a soul is drawn to the prayer of faith , the Holy Spirit inspires no special idea ...
... grace of prayer generally terminates here , for it has reached the degree of ordinary perfection . Beyond that point prayer becomes extraordinary . When a soul is drawn to the prayer of faith , the Holy Spirit inspires no special idea ...
Strana xvii
... grace of prayer , but not in the same way as before . If the soul wishes to return at whatever cost to one of the previous methods , it resists the Holy Spirit ; it neglects the grace offered , and spends its energies in waste , seeking ...
... grace of prayer , but not in the same way as before . If the soul wishes to return at whatever cost to one of the previous methods , it resists the Holy Spirit ; it neglects the grace offered , and spends its energies in waste , seeking ...
Strana xx
... grace , attain to by the practice of self - discipline and mortification , the exercise of virtue , and the cultivation of the habit of prayer . Mystical prayer is for him , no doubt the reward and the crowning of previous endeavours ...
... grace , attain to by the practice of self - discipline and mortification , the exercise of virtue , and the cultivation of the habit of prayer . Mystical prayer is for him , no doubt the reward and the crowning of previous endeavours ...
Strana xxi
... grace ; for in this , the usual theological sense of the term , all real prayer is supernatural : but again and again throughout her writings she makes it plain that by super- natural prayer she means ' that which we cannot acquire or ...
... grace ; for in this , the usual theological sense of the term , all real prayer is supernatural : but again and again throughout her writings she makes it plain that by super- natural prayer she means ' that which we cannot acquire or ...
Strana xxiii
... grace , but an act , of which the soul is sensibly and consciously aware . That this is the fact in higher kinds of prayer , ' union ' , and even ' quiet ' , will not be questioned ; but in regard to the initial stages of infused ...
... grace , but an act , of which the soul is sensibly and consciously aware . That this is the fact in higher kinds of prayer , ' union ' , and even ' quiet ' , will not be questioned ; but in regard to the initial stages of infused ...
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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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