Walter Hilton Collection: 2 Books - Couverture souple

Walter Hilton; Aeterna Press

 
9781786471079: Walter Hilton Collection: 2 Books
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ISBN 10 : 1786471078 ISBN 13 : 9781786471079
Editeur : Aeterna Press, 2016

Synopsis

WALTER HILTON COLLECTION [2 BOOKS] Walter Hilton was an English Augustinian mystic. The first book of The Scale of Perfection (it is worth noting that the title is editorial, appearing only on half the manuscripts of Book One of the Scale) is addressed to a woman recently enclosed as an anchoress, providing her with appropriate spiritual exercises; the bulk of its ninety-three chapters deal with the extirpation of the 'foul image of sin' in the soul – the perversion of the image of the Trinity in the three spiritual powers of Mind, Reason and Will (reflecting the Father, Son and Holy Spirit respectively, according to a tradition drawn from St Augustine) – through a series of meditations on the seven deadly sins. The second book, which opens by addressing itself to Hilton's former reader, who, he says, has further questions, seems from its style and content rather to be addressed to a larger, perhaps more sophisticated audience; its major themes are the reformation of the soul in faith alone and in both faith and feeling. This latter is described in an extended metaphor as a spiritual journey to Jerusalem, or 'peace' in meditation, a gift which is also its own giver, Christ. The first book of the Scale was apparently written some time before the second and was circulated independently. —BOOKS— THE SCALE OR LADDER OF PERFECTION TREATISE WRITTEN TO A DEVOUT MAN PUBLISHER: AETERNA PRESS

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Aeterna Press: Collections of Author and Categories in Paperbacks and E-Books. Spanning the genres of The Catholic Church, Church Fathers, Christian Bibles, Commentaries, Theology, Mariology, Devotionals, Meditations, Prayers, Monasticism, Sermons, to Fiction, History, Biographies, Philosophy, Literary, References, Critiques and Poetry.

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Éditeur
Aeterna Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1786471078
ISBN 13 
9781786471079
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
248
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