03870nam 2200673 450 991046134460332120200520144314.01-283-20592-097866132059261-4411-4518-4(CKB)2670000000106931(EBL)742942(OCoLC)745866190(SSID)ssj0000524589(PQKBManifestationID)12186745(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524589(PQKBWorkID)10484226(PQKB)11147575(MiAaPQ)EBC742942(MiAaPQ)EBC5309666(Au-PeEL)EBL5309666(CaPaEBR)ebr11518633(OCoLC)1027161425(EXLCZ)99267000000010693120180315h20002000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn union with God /Albert the GreatLondon, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2000.©20001 online resource (97 p.)Ways of mysticismThis edition first published in 1911 by Burns Oates & Washbourne."The present translation by a Benedictine of Princethorpe Priory was first published in 1911. Some small revisions have been made to the text but the spirit of the original has been retained."--P. 7.0-8264-4998-0 Includes bibliographical references.CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 OF THE HIGHEST PERFECTION WHICH MAN CAN REACH IN THIS LlFE; CHAPTER 2 HOW YOU MAY DESPISE ALL THINGS AND CLING TO CHRIST ALONE; CHAPTER 3 PERFECTION IN THIS LIFE; CHAPTER 4 THAT OUR CONCERN MUST BE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING AND NOT WITH THE SENSES; CHAPTER 5 OF PURITY OF HEART, WHICH is TO BE SOUGHT ABOVE ALL ELSE; CHAPTER 6 THAT A TRULY DEVOUT MAN MUST SEEK GOD IN PURITY OF MIND AND HEART; CHAPTER 7 OF THE PRACTICE OF INTERIOR RECOLLECTION; CHAPTER 8 THAT A TRULY DEVOUT MAN SHOULD COMMIT HIMSELF TO GOD IN ALL THINGSCHAPTER 9 THE CONTEMPLATION OF GOD IS TO BE PREFERRED ABOVE ALL OTHER EXERCISESCHAPTER 10 THAT WE SHOULD DESIRE THE UNION OF OUR WILL WITH GOD; CHAPTER 11 IN WHAT MANNER WE SHOULD RESIST TEMPTATION AND ENDURE TRIALS; CHAPTER 12 THE POWER OF THE LOVE OF GOD; CHAPTER 13 OF THE NATURE AND ADVANTAGES OF PRAYER- OF INTERIOR RECOLLECTION; CHAPTER 14 THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE JUDGED ACCORDING TO OUR CONSCIENCE; CHAPTER 15 ON THE CONTEMPT OF SELF: HOW IT IS ACQUIRED: ITS PROFIT TO THE SOUL; CHAPTER 16 OF THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD, WHICH WATCHES OVER ALL THINGSAlbert the Great was born in Swabia, the son of a military nobleman. He was a Dominican priest who taught theology in Cologne and Paris. His most distinguished student was Saint Thomas Aquinas. Albert was called Doctor universalis because his breadth of knowledge spanned not only philosophy and theology but all the natural sciences. He was a dedicated student of nature, and although he argued that the physical world can only be known reliably through observation and comparison, Albert distinguished between thruths, which are naturally knowable, and mysteries, which cannot be known without reveWays of mysticism.God (Christianity)Early works to 1800Spiritual lifeChristianityEarly works to 1800MysticismCatholic ChurchEarly works to 1800Electronic books.God (Christianity)Spiritual lifeChristianityMysticismCatholic Church230.11AlbertusMagnus, Saint,1193?-1280,852485MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461344603321On union with God2267924UNINA