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A Benedictine of Stanbrook Abbey

Mediaeval Mystical Tradition and Saint John of the Cross

A Benedictine of Stanbrook Abbey

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English
Arouca Press
08 February 2025
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christian spirituality & religious experience; Christian mysticism
This learned book traces the course of mystical theology which led up to St John of the Cross. It studies Hugh and Richard of St Victor, St Bonaventure, important writings which long passed under his name, Hugh of Balma, a Carthusian Prior it seems of the thirteenth century, Tauler's authentic sermons and his Institutiones, a compilation by St Peter Canisius passing under his name, Ruysbroeck, Denis the Carthusian, Kastl's De Adhaerendo Deo, and finally a brief notice of Spanish writers of the earlier sixteenth century. The writer shows that what we miss most in medieval mystical theology is a clear teaching about the stage which intervenes between the abandonment of meditation and the prayer of quiet. -Downside Review, January 1955
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Imprint:   Arouca Press
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 10mm
Weight:   200g
ISBN:   9781998492244
ISBN 10:   1998492249
Pages:   168
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Mediaeval Mystical Tradition and Saint John of the Cross

This book is a beautiful Benedictine tribute to the Carmelite tradition, understood in the wider context of its major sources. -✠ Xavier Perrin, OSB, abbot of Quarr Abbey and author of The Radiance of Her Face & The School of St. Benedict An elegantly anonymous nun of Stanbrook Abbey provides us with a similarly elegant, concise, and erudite summary of the tradition of mysticism which surrounded the life of St John of the Cross. -Hugh Barbour, O.Praem., St Michael's AbbeyThis book is a gift for anyone who seeks historical grounding as well as sound guidance on the pathways from prayer to contemplation. -Carol Zaleski, Professor of World Religions at Smith College, author of The Life of the World to Come, and co-author with Philip Zaleski of Prayer: A HistoryIn this admirable volume, the Christian mystical tradition is presented in both its breadth and depth, and in a scholarly and historically sensitive way. Even those well versed in mystical theology will learn plenty from studying this instructive volume. -Sebastian Morello, Ph.D., author of Mysticism, Magic, and Monasteries: Recovering the Sacred Mystery at the Heart of Reality


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