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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... : corporal , imaginary , intellectual - Objects of in- tellectual vision the Platonic Ideas Seen in the Light of God- Truth perceived in the Truth which is God - Theory of Divine illumination . 36 ( D ) MYSTICISM OR PLATONISM Which is it ?
... : corporal , imaginary , intellectual - Objects of in- tellectual vision the Platonic Ideas Seen in the Light of God- Truth perceived in the Truth which is God - Theory of Divine illumination . 36 ( D ) MYSTICISM OR PLATONISM Which is it ?
Strana vii
... idea obscured in modern times , but reasserting itself . EPILOGUE THE VALIDITY OF THE MYSTICS ' CLAIM The outstanding problem of mysticism : Is the claim of the mystics valid ? -Claims of union with divinity a very common religious ...
... idea obscured in modern times , but reasserting itself . EPILOGUE THE VALIDITY OF THE MYSTICS ' CLAIM The outstanding problem of mysticism : Is the claim of the mystics valid ? -Claims of union with divinity a very common religious ...
Strana xii
... ideas thereon : these books con- tain miscellaneous citations of words of mystics , selected with the object of illustrating and enforcing the theories that the author is propounding . What is needed is a more objective presentation of ...
... ideas thereon : these books con- tain miscellaneous citations of words of mystics , selected with the object of illustrating and enforcing the theories that the author is propounding . What is needed is a more objective presentation of ...
Strana xiii
... ideas of antiquity and of the Middle Ages concerning contemplation and its place in the spiritual life . xiii During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the idea had come AFTERTHOUGHTS.
... ideas of antiquity and of the Middle Ages concerning contemplation and its place in the spiritual life . xiii During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the idea had come AFTERTHOUGHTS.
Strana xiv
... idea had come to be accepted as well established , that , apart from special and unusual calls , the normal mental prayer for all was systematic discoursive meditation according to fixed method : this was taken to be the lifelong ...
... idea had come to be accepted as well established , that , apart from special and unusual calls , the normal mental prayer for all was systematic discoursive meditation according to fixed method : this was taken to be the lifelong ...
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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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