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 vii
... Supernatural character of mystical experience - Is it miraculous - ( 4 ) Character of the great mystics as witnesses- ( 5 ) Quality of the content of the experience- ( 6 ) Its effect on life and character - St John of the Cross taken as ...
... Supernatural character of mystical experience - Is it miraculous - ( 4 ) Character of the great mystics as witnesses- ( 5 ) Quality of the content of the experience- ( 6 ) Its effect on life and character - St John of the Cross taken as ...
Strana xix
... Supernatural acts or states are called mystical , which our own efforts and industry are 1 It is the subject of chapter ii . of his book . This chapter has been printed separately as a Catholic Truth Society Tract , The Prayer of ...
... Supernatural acts or states are called mystical , which our own efforts and industry are 1 It is the subject of chapter ii . of his book . This chapter has been printed separately as a Catholic Truth Society Tract , The Prayer of ...
Strana xxi
... 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 procure for ourselves , no matter what care or what diligence we give to it ' , it ...
... 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 procure for ourselves , no matter what care or what diligence we give to it ' , it ...
Strana xxiii
... supernatural prayer or contemplation , is not merely a silent working of 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 ...
... supernatural prayer or contemplation , is not merely a silent working of 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 ...
Strana xxiv
... supernatural ' in St Teresa's sense , but which may , by the help of co - operating grace , be brought about in ... supernatural contemplation ' deliberately given to the prayer of loving attention , or of simplicity , with the note ...
... supernatural ' in St Teresa's sense , but which may , by the help of co - operating grace , be brought about in ... supernatural contemplation ' deliberately given to the prayer of loving attention , or of simplicity , with the note ...
Obsah
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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