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 xxi
... touching on supernatural prayer ' , and ' the beginning of pure contemplation ' ( Way of Perfection , c . xxx . 6 ) .1 The prayer of quiet is by some writers identified with the prayer of loving attention or of faith ; not rightly , I ...
... touching on supernatural prayer ' , and ' the beginning of pure contemplation ' ( Way of Perfection , c . xxx . 6 ) .1 The prayer of quiet is by some writers identified with the prayer of loving attention or of faith ; not rightly , I ...
Strana xxvii
... touch of the finger of God's right hand , and that quick response of the soul thereto , which imply the active operation of the seven great gifts of the Holy Ghost . And among the gifts which confer the privilege of contemplation ...
... touch of the finger of God's right hand , and that quick response of the soul thereto , which imply the active operation of the seven great gifts of the Holy Ghost . And among the gifts which confer the privilege of contemplation ...
Strana xlii
... touch the essential law of the full development of the life of grace . This sum- mit is not reached without infused contemplation . Garrigou - Lagrange gives some two hundred pages of explana- tions of this thesis ( pp . 419-627 ) . He ...
... touch the essential law of the full development of the life of grace . This sum- mit is not reached without infused contemplation . Garrigou - Lagrange gives some two hundred pages of explana- tions of this thesis ( pp . 419-627 ) . He ...
Strana xlix
... touch , or as passive union , or as intellectual intuition : all this , be it noted , is something quite different from the vision of God's Essence as supposed to have been granted to Moses and St Paul ( text , pp . 55-62 ) . In order ...
... touch , or as passive union , or as intellectual intuition : all this , be it noted , is something quite different from the vision of God's Essence as supposed to have been granted to Moses and St Paul ( text , pp . 55-62 ) . In order ...
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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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