The Contemplative Life

The Contemplative Life PDF Author: Joel S. Goldsmith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781889051444
Category : Spiritual life
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Originally published: Secausus, NJ: University Books, 1963.

The Contemplative Life

The Contemplative Life PDF Author: Joel S. Goldsmith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781889051444
Category : Spiritual life
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Originally published: Secausus, NJ: University Books, 1963.

Philo of Alexandria

Philo of Alexandria PDF Author: Philo (of Alexandria.)
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809123339
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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Book Description
This anthology contains the basic vision of Philo (c. 20 B.C.E.-50 C.E.), the greatest Jewish mystic, philosopher and theologian of the Graeco-Roman era.

The Contemplative Heart

The Contemplative Heart PDF Author: James Finley
Publisher: Sorin Books
ISBN: 9781893732100
Category : Contemplation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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With profound, practical insights, Finley, the author of "Merton's Palace of Nowhere, " offers readers a guide for a contemplative life.

An Invitation to the Contemplative Life

An Invitation to the Contemplative Life PDF Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781593250850
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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(Music Sales America). In this book you have everything you need to play and sing some of the greatest Irish ballads ever written the lyrics, guitar chords and simplified music score, plus a CD featuring the first verse and chorus of each of the ballads. A virtual "Irish Balladeer's Kit"! Also includes photos and great background information on each tune. "Whether you're a professional entertainer or want to learn the songs for private parties, this is a must for you" Daniel O'Donnell

Philo of Alexandria: On the Contemplative Life

Philo of Alexandria: On the Contemplative Life PDF Author: Joan E. Taylor
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004439234
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 457

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De Vita Contemplativa is known for its depiction of a philosophical group of Jewish men and women known as the ‘Therapeutae’. This commentary sets the treatise in its historical context and explores Philo’s aims in depicting them as he did.

Theoria, Praxis, and the Contemplative Life after Plato and Aristotle

Theoria, Praxis, and the Contemplative Life after Plato and Aristotle PDF Author: Thomas Bénatouïl
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004230041
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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Book Description
Studies of the notion of theoria and of the contemplative life have often been restricted to Plato and Aristotle. This volume shows that aspirations to contemplation and the life of the intellect survived long after the classical period, turning into topics of heated debates, powerful arguments and original applications throughout the Hellenistic, imperial, and late antique periods. The introduction attempts to reconstruct all the problems pertaining to the contemplative life in Antiquity, and the twelve papers, written by distinguished scholars, offer a thorough study of the appropriation, criticism and transformation of Plato’s and Aristotle’s positions on the contemplative life, including its epistemological and metaphysical foundation. The volume ranges from Theophrastus to the end of Antiquity, including Jewish and Christian authors, with a focus on Platonism from Cicero to Damascius.

On Prayer and the Contemplative Life

On Prayer and the Contemplative Life PDF Author: Thomas Aquinas
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732629031
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173

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Reproduction of the original.

What Is Contemplation?

What Is Contemplation? PDF Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Ravenio Books
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 45

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There are so many Christians who do not appreciate the magnificent dignity of their vocation to sanctity, to the knowledge, love and service of God. There are so many Christians who do not realize what possibilities God has placed in the life of Christian perfection — what possibilities for joy in the knowledge and love of Him. There are so many Christians who have practically no idea of the immense love of God for them, and of the power of that Love to do them good, to bring them happiness. Why do we think of the gift of contemplation, infused contemplation, mystical prayer, as something essentially strange and esoteric reserved for a small class of almost unnatural beings and prohibited to everyone else? It is perhaps because we have forgotten that contemplation is the work of the Holy Ghost acting on our souls through His gifts of Wisdom and Understanding with special intensity to increase and perfect our love for Him. These gifts are part of the normal equipment of Christian sanctity. They are given to all in Baptism, and if they are given it is presumably because God wants them to be developed. Their development will always remain the free gift of God and it is true that His wise Providence sees fit to develop them less in some saints than in others. But it is also true that God often measures His gifts by our desire to receive them, and by our cooperation with His grace, and the Holy Spirit will not waste any of His gifts on people who have little or no interest in them.

Virgin Time

Virgin Time PDF Author: Patricia Hampl
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780865477162
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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A gifted writer's inquiry into one of the most profound yet least discussed issues of contemporary American life: the individual's search for faith. It tells of Hampl's quest to escape the indelible brand of a Catholic upbringing, following her to the "old world" of Catholocism in Spain and France, where she meets other pilgrims, back home again, and finally to a monastery in northern California, where she is able to settle into the real goal of her search: the silence of prayer.

The Inner Experience

The Inner Experience PDF Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062245082
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Book Description
Now in paperback, revised and redesigned: This is Thomas Merton's last book, in which he draws on both Eastern and Western traditions to explore the hot topic of contemplation/meditation in depth and to show how we can practice true contemplation in everyday life. Never before published except as a series of articles (one per chapter) in an academic journal, this book on contemplation was revised by Merton shortly before his untimely death. The material bridges Merton's early work on Catholic monasticism, mysticism, and contemplation with his later writing on Eastern, especially Buddhist, traditions of meditation and spirituality. This book thus provides a comprehensive understanding of contemplation that draws on the best of Western and Eastern traditions. Merton was still tinkering with this book when he died; it was the book he struggled with most during his career as a writer. But now the Merton Legacy Trust and experts have determined that the book makes such a valuable contribution as his major comprehensive presentation of contemplation that they have allowed its publication.