Knowing God by Experience
Subtitle: The Spiritual Senses and the Knowledge of God in the Theology of William of Auxerre
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: June 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780813213682
Subjects: Christian theology; Summa aurea; c 1000 CE to c 1500; God; Theology; Christianity - Theology - Catholic; Religious aspects; Religion - Catholicism; Middle Ages, 600-1500; Religion; d. 1231; Knowableness; Guillermus,; Christian Theology - Catholic; Christian Theology - General; Christianity - Catholicism; Religion - Classic Works; Senses and sensation; Christianity - Catholic; Spirituality - General; Altissiodorensis,; Christianity; Experience (Religion); God (Christianity); History of doctrines
First sentence: A REMARKABLE FEATURE of medieval scholasticism is the use by its practitioners of metaphors drawn from sense perception to characterize both theological expression and Christian experience.