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CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY IN THE CATHOLIC TRADITION Jordan Aumann, O. P. |
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- PREFACE
- 1 SACRED SCRIPTURE AND THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
- The Old Testament
- The New Testament
- 2 SPIRITUALITY OF THE EARLY CHURCH
- The Apostolic Fathers
- Christian Life
- Christian Gnosticism
- 3 MONASTICISM IN THE EAST
- Christian Virgins and Ascetics
- Eremitical and Cenobitical Life
- The Cappadocian Fathers
- Evagrius, pseudo-Dionysius, Maximus
- 4 MONASTICISM IN THE WEST
- Origins of Western Monasticism
- John Cassian
- St. Augustine
- St. Benedict
- Irish Monasticism
- St. Gregory the Great
- 5 BENEDICTINE SPIRITUALITY
- Benedict of Aniane
- Hildemar
- Cluniac Reform
- John of Fécamp
- St. Peter Damian
- Camaldolese Hermits
- The Carthusians
- Cistercian Spirituality
- St. Bernard
- William of St. Thierry
- St. Aelred of Rievaulx
- Nuns and Lay Brothers
- 6 SPIRITUALITY OF THE MIDDLE AGES
- Medieval Piety
- Military Orders
- St. Norbert and Prémontré
- Canons of St. Victor
- Scholasticism
- St. Dominic and the Friars Preachers
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- St. Francis and the Friars Minor
- St. Bonaventure
- Multiplication of Religious Orders
- 7 DIONYSIAN SPIRITUALITY AND DEVOTIO MODERNA
- The Mystics of Helfta
- Eckhart, Tauler, Suso
- Ruysbroeck
- The English Mystics
- Devotio Moderna
- John Gerson
- St. Catherine of Siena
- Denis the Carthusian
- 8 POST-TRIDENTINE SPIRITUALITY
- Spiritual Exercises
- Christian Humanism
- St. Ignatius Loyola
- St. Teresa of Avila
- St. John of the Cross
- Spain's Golden Age
- Italian Spirituality
- St. Francis de Sales
- 9 MODERN SPIRITUALITY
- Sources of French Spirituality
- Jansenism
- Quietism
- Return to Orthodoxy
- St. Alphonsus Liguori
- German Rationalism and Mysticism
- Revival in England
- 10 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
- St. Thérèse of Liseux
- Elizabeth of the Trinity
- Charles de Foucauld
- Liturgical Revival
- Missionary Expansion and Catholic Action
- Sanctity among the Laity
- Systematic Spiritual Theology
The present work has been written as a companion volume to a previous book entitled Spiritual Theology and currently published by Sheed & Ward of London. In the first work we offered a comprehensive and systematic study of the theology of Christian perfection. There we established the theological principles that constitute the doctrinal basis of the ascetical and mystical life and then proceeded to the application of those principles to Christian living.
In the present volume we move from theory and principles to life and witness. The history of spirituality serves not only to acquaint one with the origins and development of Christian spirituality but, equally important, it projects into our contemporary scene the lives and teachings of men and women who have reached a high degree of sanctity throughout the ages. It likewise demonstrates the marvelous variety among the saints and the fact that the perfection of charity can be attained by any Christian in any state of life.
In an age that is unsympathetic to systematic theology but attracted to the experiential approach, perhaps the historical survey will be of great help in discerning what is of perennial value in Christian spirituality. And since there were heterodox tendencies and movements almost from the beginning, one can likewise learn from history the mistakes and errors of the past and thus perhaps avoid repeating them in the present.
In a one-volume history of spirituality our goal is necessarily a modest one, namely, to provide a survey of the evolution and adaptation of Christian spirituality through the centuries, with particular emphasis on the spiritual teaching of outstanding individuals. Moreover, as the title of this volume indicates, we are concerned exclusively with the history of Catholic spirituality. Those who are interested in a more detailed and scholarly treatment will find it in the classical Christian Spirituality by P. Pourrat (four volumes), the more recent History of Christian Spirituality by L. Bouyer, J. Leclercq, F. Vandenbroucke and L. Cognet (three volumes), or the as yet unfinished Dictionnaire de Spiritualité, published by Beauchesne in Paris. Finally, we have provided detailed bibliographical references in the footnotes for those who may wish to study an author; movement or historical period in greater depth.
Jordan Aumann, O. P.
Christian Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition
By Aumann, Jordan
Copyright©1985 by Aumann, Jordan
Reprinted by Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Previously published by Ignatius Press/Sheed & Ward, 1985.
Copyright © 1985 by Jordan Aumann, O.P. First published in the U.K. 1985, fifth impression 1994; first published in the U.S.A. 1986, fourth impression 1994. ISBN 0 7220 0 7220 1917 3 (U.K.) and 0 89870 068 X (U.S.A). All rights reserved. Nihil obstat Anton Cowan, Censor. Imprimatur John Cowley, Vicar General, Westminster, January 1985. Printed and bound in Great Britain for Sheed & Ward Ltd, 14 Coopers Row, London EC3N 2BH and Ignatius Press, PO Box 18990, San Francisco, California 99118-0390 by Biddles Ltd, Guildford and King's Lynn.
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