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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... show the signs of such invitation , to pass out of meditation and on to such contemplation . He points out that the term ' contemplation ' as used by St Ignatius in the Exercises , has a meaning quite different from the ordinary ...
... show the signs of such invitation , to pass out of meditation and on to such contemplation . He points out that the term ' contemplation ' as used by St Ignatius in the Exercises , has a meaning quite different from the ordinary ...
Strana xli
... shows that this is the traditional teaching ( op . cit . c . xviii - xix . ) . 3. The third point on which there has ... show that this was not the mind of SS . Augustine , Gregory , Bernard ; and it was not the mind of St John of the ...
... shows that this is the traditional teaching ( op . cit . c . xviii - xix . ) . 3. The third point on which there has ... show that this was not the mind of SS . Augustine , Gregory , Bernard ; and it was not the mind of St John of the ...
Strana l
... shows that of two kinds of knowledge or consciousness , and of these two only , St Thomas uses the term ' perception ' , ' percipere ' ; viz . of the soul's consciousness of itself — a matter of everyday psychology — and of the mystic's ...
... shows that of two kinds of knowledge or consciousness , and of these two only , St Thomas uses the term ' perception ' , ' percipere ' ; viz . of the soul's consciousness of itself — a matter of everyday psychology — and of the mystic's ...
Strana lvii
... shows that it after- wards was granted , and Moses did see God ' in that substance whereby He is God , ' in His ... show that in the points critical for Augustine's argument , the Hebrew text differs from the Greek and OldLatin ( for Num ...
... shows that it after- wards was granted , and Moses did see God ' in that substance whereby He is God , ' in His ... show that in the points critical for Augustine's argument , the Hebrew text differs from the Greek and OldLatin ( for Num ...
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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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