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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... species ' , reasoning ; when it operates in another mode , without these means it is acting mystically . Fr Browne says : ' In theory it is necessary , unless we want to be lost in hopeless con- fusion , to state firmly that , as soon ...
... species ' , reasoning ; when it operates in another mode , without these means it is acting mystically . Fr Browne says : ' In theory it is necessary , unless we want to be lost in hopeless con- fusion , to state firmly that , as soon ...
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... species ; for non- conceptual activities of the mind are as great a bugbear to modern psychologists , as non - intentional activities without intelligible species are to scholastic psychologists . The first of the theories rejected ...
... species ; for non- conceptual activities of the mind are as great a bugbear to modern psychologists , as non - intentional activities without intelligible species are to scholastic psychologists . The first of the theories rejected ...
Strana li
... species ' infused in the mind by God . Garrigou - Lagrange contests this at length , and Gardeil pronounces it alien to the tradition of the mystics and to sane philosophy and theology , especially that of St Thomas ( p . 74 ) . Readers ...
... species ' infused in the mind by God . Garrigou - Lagrange contests this at length , and Gardeil pronounces it alien to the tradition of the mystics and to sane philosophy and theology , especially that of St Thomas ( p . 74 ) . Readers ...
Strana lii
... species ; descend into the fund and the 1 See article by Gardeil , ' Le " Mens " d'après S. Augustin et S. Thomas d'Aquin ' , Revue des Sciences philosophiques et théologiques , 1924 . inmost recess of your soul : -there you will find ...
... species ; descend into the fund and the 1 See article by Gardeil , ' Le " Mens " d'après S. Augustin et S. Thomas d'Aquin ' , Revue des Sciences philosophiques et théologiques , 1924 . inmost recess of your soul : -there you will find ...
Strana lvii
... species ' or ' claritas ' as meaning the divine Essence is to depart altogether from the sense of the Hebrew words . Thus it would seem that the whole conception of Moses , or of St Paul , having had the vision of God's Essence ...
... species ' or ' claritas ' as meaning the divine Essence is to depart altogether from the sense of the Hebrew words . Thus it would seem that the whole conception of Moses , or of St Paul , having had the vision of God's Essence ...
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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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