The Primacy of Loving: The Spirituality of The Heart
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The Primacy of Loving: The Spirituality of The Heart
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803411200 |
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| Publisher: | Circle Books |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2023 |
| Pages: | 440 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.58(w) x 8.28(h) x 0.94(d) |
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Table of Contents
Foreword 1
Introduction - The Way Back to the Future 7
Part 1 Vocal Prayer and Meditation 17
Chapter 1 The Unquenchable Fire of Love 19
Chapter 2 Listen to St Teresa of Ávila 22
Chapter 3 The Paramount Importance of Daily Prayer 27
Chapter 4 Introducing Christian Meditation 31
Chapter 5 Lectio Divina - Divine Reading 36
Chapter 6 The Essence of Prayer - Gently Trying 40
Chapter 7 Mystical Premonitions 45
Chapter 8 Making the Impossible Possible 50
Chapter 9 The Prayer Without Ceasing 54
Part 2 Introducing Mystical Spirituality 59
Chapter 10 Christian Mystical Contemplation 61
Chapter 11 The Meaning of Mystical Theology 66
Chapter 12 Early Christian Mystical Spirituality 71
Chapter 13 The Mystical Prayer of the Early Christians 75
Chapter 14 The Beginning of Mystical Prayer 80
Chapter 15 Purification in the Desert 84
Chapter 16 From the Prayer of Quiet to the Spiritual Betrothals 89
Chapter 17 The Meaning of Contemplation 94
Chapter 18 From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained 99
Part 3 A Brief History of Christian Mystical Spirituality 105
Prelude 107
Chapter 19 A Handful of Heretics 108
Chapter 20 Monasticism to the Rescue 113
Chapter 21 St Bernard - A New Dawn 119
Chapter 22 The Franciscan Spring 124
Chapter 23 The Primacy of Love 129
Chapter 24 The Primacy of Love in Catholic Reform 135
Chapter 25 The Curse and Consequences of Quietism 140
Chapter 26 Devout Humanism 146
Chapter 27 The Modern Malaise 151
Chapter 28 When a Historian Becomes His-story 157
Chapter 29 St John Henry Newman's New Spring 163
Chapter 30 An Unexpected Personal Climax 168
Part 4 Christian Mystical Contemplation 179
Chapter 31 When Two Histories Meet 181
Chapter 32 Spiritual Weightlifting 188
Chapter 33 Love Is All You Need 196
Chapter 34 The Beginning of Contemplation 201
Chapter 35 Sweetness and Light 206
Chapter 36 From Light to Darkness 210
Chapter 37 From Darkness to Light 214
Chapter 38 The Interior Castle 219
Chapter 39 The Dark Night of the Soul 224
Chapter 40 Union with the Three in One 229
Chapter 41 Confirmatory Signs of the Mystic Way 234
Chapter 42 True Imitation of Christ 239
Chapter 43 The Language of Love 244
Chapter 44 The White Martyrdom that Leads to Union 249
Chapter 45 How to Pray in Mystical Contemplation I 254
Chapter 46 How to Pray in Mystical Contemplation II 259
Chapter 47 How to Pray in Mystical Contemplation III 264
Chapter 48 How to Pray in Mystical Contemplation IV 269
Chapter 49 God's Holy Angel 274
Chapter 50 Death to the Demons Within 279
Chapter 51 The Fruits of Contemplation - The Infused Virtues 284
Chapter 52 Renewal and Family Love 289
Chapter 53 To Contemplate and Share the Fruits of Contemplation 294
Chapter 54 Traditionalism and Tradition 302
Chapter 55 Contemplation Made Simple 311
Chapter 56 Obedient Men 318
Chapter 57 Humanism Rides Again 324
Chapter 58 Not by Suffering but by Love 330
Chapter 59 Marcus Aurelius Rides Again 340
Chapter 60 The Last Minute of Extra Time 357
Chapter 61 The Father of Counterfeit Mysticism 367
Chapter 62 Followers of the Counterfeit Mystic 374
Chapter 63 Contemplation Is for Children Too 383
Chapter 64 Practising the Prayer of the Heart 391
Chapter 65 The Ascetism of the Heart 397
Chapter 66 From Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stones 402
Chapter 67 In the Trying Is the Dying 408
Chapter 68 Into the Redeeming Christ 413