The roots of Christian mysticism
Subtitle: texts from the Patristic Era with commentary
By: Olivier Clément
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: New City Press of the Focolare
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Hyde Park, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781565484856
Subjects: Mysticism; Early church; History; Fathers of the church
Work titles: Sources
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Understanding the mystery. Quest, encounter and decision; title: God, hidden and universal; title: The God-man; title: God: unity and difference; title: The human vocation; title: Part two: Initiation for warfare. Ecclesia: a place for rebirth; title: The interior combat; title: Confidence and humility; title: Passions transfigured, thought transcended; title: Part three: Approaches to contemplation. On prayer; title: The glory of God hidden in creatures; title: Enstasy-ecstasy; title: The difficult love; title: Biographical notes; title: Theological notes; title: Arianism, monophysitism, early monasticism.