Great Spiritual Masters: Their Answers to Six of Life's QuestionsPaulist Press, 2002 - 228 páginas This volume brings together six great religious masters, men and women of sexceptional spiritual wisdom, who answer six deep questions for contemporary society. Ignatius of Loyola shows us how to find self-mastery in life. St. Augustine explains how we can look within ourselves to find our deepest meaning. Julian of Norwich gives new insights into the feminine dimension of God in divine motherhood. Gregory of Nyssa teaches us how to grow in perfection. Dante Alighieri reveals the power of love for the spiritual journey as he portrays his love of Beatrice on the way to Paradise. And St. Bonaventure presents his stunning concept of Jesus as the Art of God. Dr. Farina helps the reader to encounter the thought of these spiritual teachers firsthand through important selections of their writings and his own clear and insightful introductions to each. |
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... Western Spirituality series , are used by permission of the publisher . The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri , translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Houghton , Mifflin and Company , 1895 . Book design by Theresa M. Sparacio Cover ...
... Western Spirituality series , are used by permission of the publisher . The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri , translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Houghton , Mifflin and Company , 1895 . Book design by Theresa M. Sparacio Cover ...
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... Western Spirituality , which opened me to the wonder of presenting the spiritual wisdom of the past to our own age . Kathleen Doyle and Theresa Sparacio also deserve special thanks for their skill and good will . Introduction All of us ...
... Western Spirituality , which opened me to the wonder of presenting the spiritual wisdom of the past to our own age . Kathleen Doyle and Theresa Sparacio also deserve special thanks for their skill and good will . Introduction All of us ...
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... Western men and women living in the closing days of the Modern Age , a time , to borrow from Matthew Arnold , between two worlds , " one dead , the other powerless to be born . " It is my conviction the saints ' insights can speak ...
... Western men and women living in the closing days of the Modern Age , a time , to borrow from Matthew Arnold , between two worlds , " one dead , the other powerless to be born . " It is my conviction the saints ' insights can speak ...
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... spiritual reformer , Ignatius of Loyola is one of the best - known figures in the history of Western spirituality . The movement he founded has had a major impact on education and evangelization worldwide . Through his writings he has ...
... spiritual reformer , Ignatius of Loyola is one of the best - known figures in the history of Western spirituality . The movement he founded has had a major impact on education and evangelization worldwide . Through his writings he has ...
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... Western religion . The first has already been mentioned : the discovery of the New World . The effect of that ... Western Christianity . By 1521 , the year of Ignatius's conversion , the young man Luther was excommuni- cated , and the ...
... Western religion . The first has already been mentioned : the discovery of the New World . The effect of that ... Western Christianity . By 1521 , the year of Ignatius's conversion , the young man Luther was excommuni- cated , and the ...
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FINDING MEANING BY LOOKING WITHIN AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO | 55 |
TALKING ABOUT GOD AND GENDER JULIAN OF NORWICH | 97 |
SELFIMPROVEMENT GREGORY OF NYSSAS WAY OF PERFECTION | 125 |
RELATING LOVE EROSAND GOD DANTE ALIGHIERI | 149 |
RELATING RELIGION AND ART BONAVENTURE AND THE ART OF GOD | 199 |
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Alypius Apostle ascent Augustine Augustine of Hippo Beatrice beauty behold Bernard of Clairvaux blessed Trinity body Bonaventure CHAPTER Christ Christian church Classics of Western command consolation contemplation created creation Creator and Lord creature Dante Dante Alighieri Dante's desire desolation divine earthly enemy eternal evil EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE eyes face faith Father follow Francis giving the Exercises glory God and gender God's grace Gregory Gregory of Nyssa heaven Holy Spirit human nature Ignatius Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius's intellect Jesus journey Julian Julian of Norwich light live look meaning meditation memory mercy mind moral Moses Mother motherhood move never one's ourselves Paulist Press perfect person prayer Purgatory religious Scripture sense sight sins soul speak Spiritual Exercises sweet thee things third thou thought tion true truly truth turn understanding unto virtue vision wants Western Spirituality wisdom words