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Angelic Wisdom The Cherubim and the Grace of Contemplation in Richard of St. Victor

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ISBN-10: 026800644X

ISBN-13: 9780268006440

Edition: 1995

Authors: Steven Chase

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In this book, the author takes the reader on a contemplative and theological journey into the angelic wisdom at the heart of the symbol of the cherubim. He uses as the guide for the journey, the 12th-century theologian Richard of St Victor and his treatise, De arca mystica.
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Book details

List price: $100.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date: 8/31/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Steven Chase, who holds a Ph.D. in historical theology from Fordham University, is Resident Associate Professor of Spirituality at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, MI.

Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction
Setim Wood: Exegesis of the Ark and Cherubim
Gilding: Apophatic and Cataphatic Theology
Crown: Symbolic Theology
First Cherubim: Contemplation and the Cherubim as Symbol
Propitiatory: Apophatic Christology
Second Cherubim: Angelization
App. A. Book V of De arca mystica
App. B. Hugh and Richard St. Victor: Master and Student
App. Table 1. Six Kinds of Contemplation in De arca mystica
App. Table 2. Thinking, Meditation, Contemplation in De arca mystica
Notes
Bibliography
Index to Biblical Citations in De arca mystica
General Index
About the Author