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 vi
... seen in this life - God seen as through a mist- Moses ' vision - Nature of St Benedict's vision . 3. ST BERNARD INTRODUCTORY GENERAL SKETCH St Bernard's imagery - The Bride and Bridegroom . ( A ) PRELIMINARY PHASES Purgation ...
... seen in this life - God seen as through a mist- Moses ' vision - Nature of St Benedict's vision . 3. ST BERNARD INTRODUCTORY GENERAL SKETCH St Bernard's imagery - The Bride and Bridegroom . ( A ) PRELIMINARY PHASES Purgation ...
Strana vii
... seen as He is in this life - St Benedict's vision . 4. SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF WESTERN MYSTICISM It is ( 1 ) pre - Dionysian- ( 2 ) Pre - scholastic- ( 3 ) Without visions and revelations ( 4 ) Without physical rapture- ( 5 ) Without ...
... seen as He is in this life - St Benedict's vision . 4. SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF WESTERN MYSTICISM It is ( 1 ) pre - Dionysian- ( 2 ) Pre - scholastic- ( 3 ) Without visions and revelations ( 4 ) Without physical rapture- ( 5 ) Without ...
Strana xviii
... seen de Rojas ' book ; but Poulain says , ' le quiétisme de cette auteur est assez mitigé ' ( op . cit . p . 655 ) . It may be said with confidence that Fr Baker's ' prayer of interior silence ' is substantially the same as the ' prayer ...
... seen de Rojas ' book ; but Poulain says , ' le quiétisme de cette auteur est assez mitigé ' ( op . cit . p . 655 ) . It may be said with confidence that Fr Baker's ' prayer of interior silence ' is substantially the same as the ' prayer ...
Strana xxiii
... seen , when it narrows itself that it may be enlarged ' ( text , p . 66 ) . See text , pp . 31-34 , 69-71 ; see also the pieces from Dionysius , p . 6 . ' acquired contemplation ' , to denote grades of contemplation AFTERTHOUGHTS xxiii.
... seen , when it narrows itself that it may be enlarged ' ( text , p . 66 ) . See text , pp . 31-34 , 69-71 ; see also the pieces from Dionysius , p . 6 . ' acquired contemplation ' , to denote grades of contemplation AFTERTHOUGHTS xxiii.
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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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