A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of LovePaulist Press, 1978 - 526 páginas "Few things are more needed for the spiritual definition of this age than a recovery of our mystical patrimony. The Classics of Western Spirituality(TM) happily and competently provides for this need." Louis Dupre T.L. Riggs Professor in Philosophy of Religion, Yale University William Law: A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, The Spirit of Love edited by Paul G. Stanwood, introduction by Austin Warren and Paul G. Stanwood, preface by John Booty "In Eternal Nature, or the Kingdom of Heaven, materiality stands in life and light: it is the light's glorious Body, or that garment wherewith light is clothed, and therefore has all the properties of light in it, and only differs from light as it is its brightness and beauty, as the holder and displayer of all its colors, powers, and virtues." William Law, 1686-1761 Often called the greatest of the post-Reformation English mystics, William Law was born in King's Cliffe, England, became a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and was ordained a priest in the Anglican Church. After losing his position at Cambridge for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to George I, he became the center of a small spiritual community. He was a religious guide to the Gibbon family and included among his disciples John and Charles Wesley. His practical work as a spiritual director-as expressed in this, his best-known piece, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life-deeply influenced the English Evangelical Revival. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church says this of the book: "The simplicity of its teaching and its vigorous style soon established the work as a classic, which has probably had more influence than any other post-Reformation spiritual book except the Pilgrim's Progress." In his later years Law became an intense admirer of the teaching of Jacob Boehme on the coincidence of opposites. He gave this doctrine an original turn in his little-known but exquisite mystical treatises-the most important being The Spirit of Love. This double selection, edited from first texts instead of reprints, demonstrates the range of Law's thought and his development as a genius of style and devotion. + |
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... blessed inhabitants of heaven " ( p . 171 ) . Prayer is the way to devotion in all of life and should imbue all of life . It need not be confined to special times and forms of prayer . " Sometimes the light of God's countenance shines ...
... blessed inhabitants of heaven " ( p . 171 ) . Prayer is the way to devotion in all of life and should imbue all of life . It need not be confined to special times and forms of prayer . " Sometimes the light of God's countenance shines ...
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William Law P. G. Stanwood. of God who alone hath power to bring forth the blessed birth of these heavenly virtues in my soul " ( p . 169 ) . Law's teachings are not beyond criticism . He has been accused of undue rigorism , of stressing ...
William Law P. G. Stanwood. of God who alone hath power to bring forth the blessed birth of these heavenly virtues in my soul " ( p . 169 ) . Law's teachings are not beyond criticism . He has been accused of undue rigorism , of stressing ...
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... blessed Savior and His Apostles are wholly taken up in doctrines that relate to common life " . There are three classes of people whom Law addresses — the clergy , aristocrats and gentlefolk , and " tradesmen" — the bourgeois ; and Law ...
... blessed Savior and His Apostles are wholly taken up in doctrines that relate to common life " . There are three classes of people whom Law addresses — the clergy , aristocrats and gentlefolk , and " tradesmen" — the bourgeois ; and Law ...
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... blessed " ; of whom he says , in The Spirit of Love , " the mystery of all things [ was ] opened by God in his chosen instrument Jacob Boehme . " What is it to be " illumined " ? What status did Law assign to Boehme ? Not of equal ...
... blessed " ; of whom he says , in The Spirit of Love , " the mystery of all things [ was ] opened by God in his chosen instrument Jacob Boehme . " What is it to be " illumined " ? What status did Law assign to Boehme ? Not of equal ...
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... blessed from itself ” . Like Boehme and the older Protestant mystics , Law strongly opposed all forensic theories of the Atonement , those commercial and legalistic theories that Christ paid upon the cross our debt to God the angry ...
... blessed from itself ” . Like Boehme and the older Protestant mystics , Law strongly opposed all forensic theories of the Atonement , those commercial and legalistic theories that Christ paid upon the cross our debt to God the angry ...
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actions Adam amongst angels Apostle Atonement birth blessed body charity Christ Christian Christian perfection church common consider contrariety contrary covetousness darkness death Deism Deists Deity desire devo devotion divine doctrine dress duty earthly effect envy Episcopal Divinity School eternal Eusebius everything evil eyes fallen father fire folly give glory God's gospel greatest happiness hath heart Heaven heavenly holy human humility indulgence King's Cliffe Kingdom of Heaven labor Lamb of God Law's light live Lord manifestation mankind manner meekness mind misery necessity never ourselves outward particular passions perfection persons piety pious plain poor possible praise pray prayers pride properties of nature Psalms reason redemption religion repentance rules Saints saith salvation scripture sinners sins soul spirit of love suppose tempers Theogenes Theophilus things thoughts tion true truth unto vanity virtue William Law wisdom wise words worldly wrath
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Página 59 - But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full ! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
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Christian Faith in Contemporary Society: The Framework for Belief Mike Jr. Liles Vista previa limitada - 2005 |