The Scale of Perfection (Hodder Christian Classics)

Walter Hilton, Halcyon C. Backhouse

ISBN 10: 0340544937 / ISBN 13: 9780340544938

Edité par Hodder & Stoughton Religious 05/11/1992, 1992

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Scale of Perfection (Hodder Christian Classics)
• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Religious 05/11/1992
• Date de parution: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0340544937
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780340544938
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: Very Good

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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.

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.