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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455705803321

Autore

Coolman Boyd Taylor <1966->

Titolo

Knowing God by experience [[electronic resource] ] : the spiritual senses in the theology of William of Auxerre / / Boyd Taylor Coolman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8132-1594-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

230/.2/092

Soggetti

God (Christianity) - Knowableness - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Experience (Religion) - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Senses and sensation - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A synaesthetic beatific vision -- The manifold effects of the metaphysical good -- The Trinity as manifold delectable -- Creation : the manifestation of the delectabilia divina -- The virtue of faith : knowledge of God in a visual mode -- The virtue of charity : love of God in a tactile mode -- Symbolic theology : exterior perception of God's effects -- Mystical theology : interior perception of God's effects -- Taste and see : the spiritual senses and the Eucharist -- Conclusion : spiritual apprehension : the spiritual senses and the knowledge of God.