On Union With God - Couverture rigide

Albert The Great

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0826449980 ISBN 13 : 9780826449986

Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2000

Synopsis

Albert the Great, or Albertus Magnus, (1206-1280) was born in Swabia the son of a military nobleman. He was a Dominican priest who taught theology at Cologne and Paris and whose most distinguished student was Saint Thomas Aquinas. Albert was called "Doctor universalis" because of the breadth of his knowledge, which spanned not only philosophy and theology but all the natural sciences. He was a dedicated student of nature, and although he argued that the physical world can only be known reliably through observation and comparison, Albert distinguished between truths which are naturally knowable and mysteries which can not be known without revelation. In this work he teaches that people can only reach God through Himself, that is, by leaving the entanglements of earthly things and contemplating Him exclusively. The image and reality of God's incarnation in Jesus gives human beings the opportunity to attain a more perfect knowledge of God through contemplation.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. Surely the most deeply-rooted need of the human soul, its purest aspiration, is for the closest possible union with God. As one turns over the pages of this little work, written by Blessed Albert the Great towards the end of his life, when that great soul had ripened and matured, one feels that here indeed is the ideal of one's hopes. Simply and clearly the great principles are laid down, the way is made plain which leads to the highest spiritual life. It seems as though, while one reads, the mists of earth vanish and the snowy summits appear of the mountains of God. We breathe only the pure atmosphere of prayer, peace, and love, and the one great fact of the universe, the Divine Presence, is felt and realized without effort. But is such a life possible amid the whirl of the twentieth century? To faith and love all things are possible, and our author shows us the loving Father, ever ready to give as much and more than we can ask. The spirit of such a work is ever true; the application may vary with circumstances, but the guidance of the Holy Spirit will never be wanting to those souls who crave for closer union with their Divine Master. This little treatise has been very aptly called the "Metaphysics of the Imitation," and it is in the hope that it may be of use to souls that it has been translated into English.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826449980
• ISBN 13: 9780826449986
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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