Roots of Christian Mysticism Text and Commentary

Name: Roots of Christian Mysticism Text and Commentary
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ISBN: 9781565480292

ISBN-10: 1565480295

ISBN-13: 9781565480292

Edition: N/A

Authors: Olivier Clï¿½ment, Theodore Berkeley

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List price: $29.95
Publisher: New City Press of the Focolare
Publication date: 1/25/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Preface	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Abbreviations	p. 12
Understanding the Mystery
Quest, Encounter and Decision	p. 15
God, Hidden and Universal	p. 26
The God-Man	p. 35
God: Unity and Difference	p. 58
The Human Vocation	p. 76
Initiation for Warfare
Ecclesia: A Place for Rebirth
Bride and Mother	p. 95
Scripture, the First Sacrament	p. 97
Baptism: Entry into New Life	p. 103
The Eucharist, Power to make Divine	p. 107
The Eucharist, Foundation of the Church	p. 115
Eucharistic Practices	p. 121
Stones and People	p. 125
The Interior Combat	p. 130
Confidence and Humility	p. 149
Passions Transfigured, Thought Transcended	p. 166
Approaches to Contemplation
On Prayer
What is Prayer?	p. 181
Trials	p. 187
Times and Postures for Prayer	p. 191
How to Pray?	p. 199
To become Prayer	p. 209
The Glory of God Hidden in Creatures	p. 213
Enstasy--Ecstasy
Into the Unknown	p. 230
Love and Inebriation	p. 241
Darkness and Light, God's House, Inward Birth	p. 246
The Embrace of the Infinite; the Birth of the Glorious Body	p. 252
Martyrdom: Death-and-Resurrection	p. 257
Deification	p. 263
The Difficult Love
The Foundations of Love	p. 270
The Demands of Love	p. 276
A Paradoxical Morality	p. 280
In the World but not of it	p. 286
Hell and the Communion of Saints	p. 296
Biographical Notes	p. 309
Theological Notes: Arianism, Monophysitism, Early Monasticism	p. 373
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