The Scale of Perfection - Couverture souple

Hilton, Walter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340544937 ISBN 13 : 9780340544938

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Religious, 1992

Synopsis

This book is an invitation to a life of love and prayer. Walter Hilton was a 14th-century English mystic in the tradition of Roland Rolle and Julian of Norwich. Union with God, in Walter Hilton's eyes, is not achieved in an instant. The transfiguration of the soul is rather the result of perseverance and effort. Hilton sees an unbroken ladder leading upwards from our common human nature to perfect life in God. The ascent of the soul up the ladder is gradual, conditioned by God's grace and the individual's determination, whatever the hardships experienced. The result is the transformation of the soul from a dark, false image into the beauty of a child of God. The book is adapted for the modern reader.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Here are spiritual writings of this fourteenth-century (c. 1343-1396) English Augustinian Canon. Hilton speaks for himself in The Scale of Perfection, and the introduction and notes give the reader orientation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Religious
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340544937
• ISBN 13: 9780340544938
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Backhouse Halcyon C.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible