The Mystical Element Of Religion As Studied In Saint Catherine Of Genoa And Her Friends, Volume 1
Subtitle: Introduction and Biographies
Publisher: London, J.M. Dent & Co.; New York, E.P. Dutton & Co.
Published: 1909
Place of publication: London, England; New York, USA
Language: eng
Description: Volume 1 of 2
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME; title: PART I. — INTRODUCTION; title: CHAPTER I. — THE THREE CHIEF FORCES OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 3-49; title: Introductory 3-10; title: I. The First of the Three Forces : Hellenism, the Thirst for Richness and Harmony 10-25; title: II. The Second of the Three Forces : Christianity, the Revelation of Personality and Depth 25-39; title: III. The Third Force : Science, the Apprehension and Conception of Brute Fact and Iron Law  39-48; title: IV. Summing up : Hellenism or Harmonization, Christianity or Spiritual Experience, and Science or Acceptance of a Preliminary Mechanism, all three necessary to Man 45-49; title: CHAPTER II. - THE THREE ELEMENTS OF RELIGION   50-82; title: Introductory 50; title: I. The Three Elements, as they successively appear in the Child, the Youth, and the Adult Man  50-53; title: II. Each Element ever accompanied by some amount of the other two. Difficulty of the Transition from one Stage to the other 53-55; title: III. Parallels to this Triad of Religious Elements   55-58; title: IV. Distribution of the Three Elements amongst Mankind and throughout Human History 58 -65; title: V. Causes operative in all Religion towards ininimizins[ or suppressing one or other Element, or towards denying the need of any Multiplicity 65-70; title: VI. The Special Motives operating in each Element towards the suppression of the other Elements  70-77; title: VII. Three Final Objections to such a conception of Religion, and their Answers 77-82; title: Part II. — BIOGRAPHICAL; title: CHAPTER III. — CATHERINE FIESCA ADORNA'S LIFE, UP TO HER CONVERSION ; AND THE CHIEF PECULIARITIES PREDOMINANT THROUGHOUT HER CONVERT YEARS 85-127; title: Introductory 85, 86; title: I. Proposed Study of the Mystical- Volitional Element in a Particular, Concrete Instance : St. Catherine of Genoa 86-90; title: II. The Materials and Aids towards such a Study 90-93; title: III. Peculiarities of the Genoese Climate and Geographical Position ; of the Ligurian Character ; and of the Times into which Catherine was bom. Her Family, Father and Mother 93-97; title: IV. Catherine's Life, up to the Preliminaries of her Conversion : Autumn 1447 to Mid-March 1474   97-104; title: V. Her Conversion, with its immediate Preliminaries and Consequences, March 1474 104-109; title: VI. The Two Conceptions concerning the Character and Rationale of her Penitential Period and of her whole Convert Life. The Position adopted here   109-113; title: VII. Catherine and the Holy Eucharist 113-116; title: VIII. Catherine and Confession and Direction     117-123; title: IX. Catherine and Indulgences 123-126; title: X. Peculiarities concerning the Invocation of Saints and Intercessory Prayer 126, 127; title: CHAPTER IV. — CATHERINE'S LIFE FROM 1473 TO 1506, AND ITS MAIN CHANGES AND GROWTH 128-174; title: I. First Period of Catherine's Convert Life: Giuliano's Bankruptcy and Conversion ; their Work among the Poor, March 1473 to May 1477 128-131; title: II. Catherine and Tommasa Fiesca : their Difference of Character and attrait, Peculiarity of Catherine's Penitence and Health during this Time  131-133; title: III. Change in the Temper of Catherine's Penitence, from May 1474 onwards 133-135; title: IV. Catherine's Great Fasts 135-137; title: V. Second, Central Period of Catherine's Convert Life, 1477-1499 : its Special Spiritual Features.  138-141; title: VI. Catherine and Giuliano move into the Hospital in 1479, never again to quit it. She is Matron from 1490 to 1495. 141-143; title: VII. Catherine and the Plague. The Outbreak of 1493.   143-1455; title: VIII. Catherine and Ettore Vernazza, 1493-1495 I45-I47; title: IX. Catherine's Health breaks down, 1496 ; other Events of the same Year 147-149; title: X. Events of 1497 149-154; title: XI. Beginning of her Third, Last Period ; End of the Extraordinary Fasts ; First Relations with Don Marabotto 155-159; title: XII. Her Conversations with her Disciples ; "Caterina Serafina." Don Marabotto and the Possessed Maid   159-162; title: XIII. Catherine's Sympathy with Animal- and Plant-Life: her Love of the Open Air. Her Deep Self-knowledge as to the Healthiness or Morbidness of her Psycho-physical States 163-166; title: XIV. Catherine's Social Joys and Sorrows, 1501-1507   166-174; title: CHAPTER V. — CATHERINE'S LAST FOUR YEARS, 1506-1510. SKETCH OF HER CHARACTER, DOCTRINE, AND SPIRIT 175-250; title: I. Catherine's External Interests and Activities up to May; title: 1510. Occasional slight Deviations from her old Balance. Immensely close Inter-connection of her whole Mental and Psycho-physical Nature. Impressions as connected with the Five Senses 175-181; title: II. More or less Maladif Experiences and Actions   182-200; title: III. Catherine's History from May to September 9, 1510 200-211; title: IV. The Last Six Days of Catherine's Life, September 10-15 211-219; title: V. Sketch of Catherine's Spiritual Character and Significance 220-250; title: CHAPTER VI. — CATHERINE'S DOCTRINE 251-294; title: Introductory 251-260; title: I. God as Creative Love. The Creature's True and False Self ; True and False Love 260-266; title: II. Sin, Purification, Illumination 266-272; title: III. The Three Categories and the Two Ways 273-280; title: IV. The Other Worlds 281-294; title: CHAPTER VII. — CATHERINE'S REMAINS AND CULTUS ; THE FATE OF HER TWO PRIEST FRIENDS AND OF HER DOMESTICS; AND THE REMAINING HISTORY OF ETTORE VERNAZZA 295-335; title: Introductory 295, 296; title: I. The Burial and the Events immediately surrounding it. September 15 to December 10, 1510  296-300; title: II. The Different Removals of the Remains, and the Chief Stages of her Official Cultus 300-306; title: III. The Fate of Catherine's Priest Friends  307-311; title: IV. The Fate of Catherine's Three Maid-servants   311-314; title: V. The Two Vernazzas : their Debt to Catherine, and Catherine's Debt to them 311-315; title: VI. Ettore Vernazza's Life, from 1509 to 1512   316-321; title: VII. Ettore in Rome and Naples; his Second Will; his Work in the Genoese Prisons 321-329; title: VIII. Ettore again in Naples ; his Death in Genoa, June 1524 ; Peculiarities of his Posthumous Fame   329-335; title: CHAPTER VIII. — BATTISTA VERNAZZA'S LIFE   336-367; title: Introductory 336, 337; title: I. Battista's Life, from April 1497 to June 1510   337-339; title: II. Battista and her God-father, Tommaso Moro   339-344; title: III. Battista's Colloquies, November 1554 To Ascension Day 1555 344-358; title: IV. Some further Letters of Battista, 1575-1581   358-366; title: V. Battista's Death, May 1587 366, 367; title: CONCLUSION TO VOLUME I; title: Wherein lies the Secret of Spiritual Persuasiveness 367-370; title: APPENDIX TO PART II; title: CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MATERIALS FOR THE RE-CONSTITUTION OF SAINT CATHERINE'S LIFE AND TEACHING   371-466; title: Introduction : The Three Laws that govern the Growth of Religious Biography ; Complexity of the Materials for Catherine's Life 371-376; title: FIRST DIVISION : ACCOUNT AND ANALYSIS OF THE DOCUMENTS PREVIOUS, AND IMMEDIATELY SUBSEQUENT TO, THE "VITA E DOTTRINA" WITH THE "DICCHIARAZIONE," IN SEVEN STAGES 376-433; title: I. FIRST STAGE: AUGUST 1456 TO SEPTEMBER 12, 15 10, ALL LEGAL 376-380; title: II. Second Stage: Five further Official and Legal Documents, 1511-1526; and Four Mortuary Dates, 1524-1587 380,381; title: III. Third Stage : Bishop Giustiniano's Account of Catherine's Life, Remains, and Biography, 1537  382-384; title: IV. Fourth Stage : The Two Oldest Extant Manuscripts of the "Vita e Dottrina" with the "Dicchiarazione." Manuscript A (October 1547 to February 1548}, and Manuscript B 384-395; title: V. Fifth Stage: Manuscript C (copy of a MSS. of 1550?), first appearance of the "Dialogo," "Chapter" First 395-410; title: VI. Sixth Stage: First Printed Edition of the "Vita-Dottrina-Dicchiarazione," 1551 ; Examination of all it possesses in addition to Manuscripts A, B, and C, apart from the "Dialogo" 411-417; title: VII. Seventh Stage : The Second "Chapter" of the "Dialogue" which appears for the first time in the Printed "Vita", 1551 417-424; title: VIII. Seventh Stage continued : Minute Analysis of one Passage from the Second "Chapter" 424-427; title: IX. Seventh Stage concluded : Character and Authorship of this  Second "Chapter" 427-433; title: SECOND DIVISION: ANALYSIS, ASSIGNATION, AND APPRAISEMENT OF THE "VITA-DOTTRINA-DICCHIARAZIONE" CORPUS, IN EIGHT SECTIONS   433-466; title: I. The "Dicchiarazione": the Two Stages of its Existence 434-440; title: II. The Earlier "Dicchiarazione," and its Theological Glosses 440-447; title: III. Five Conclusions concerning the History of the "Dicchiarazione" 447-449; title: IV. The "Vita"-Proper, its Divisions and Parts, and its Chief Secondary and Authentic Constituents   449-453; title: V. Age and Authorship of the Literature retained   453-457; title: VI. Analysis of the Conversion - Narratives  458-462; title: VII. The Sayings - Passages : Three Tests for discriminating Authentic from Secondary Sayings  462, 463; title: VIII. Conclusion : At least Six Stages in the Upbuilding of the Complete Book of 1551. The Slight Changes introduced since then. First Claims to Authorship for 427-433