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Life of the servant /
The Life of the Servant' is one of the world's greatest religious biographies. It is the work of a saint - one of that remarkable trio of 14th century German mystics, of whom the others were Eckhardt and Tauler - who was also a poet. The book was never intended for publication, and owes it...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Cambridge :
The Lutterworth Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Translator's Preface
- PART ONE
- Prologue
- I. Of the First Trials of a Beginner
- II. Of the Supernatural Ecstasy which befell Him
- III. How He married Eternal Wisdom in a Spiritual Manner
- IV. How He wrote the Beloved Name of Jesus on His Heart
- V. Of the Prelude of Divine Consolation by which God encourages many Beginners
- VI. Of Various Visions
- VII. The Rules He observed at Table
- VIII. How He celebrated New Year
- IX. Of the Words 'Lift up Your Hearts'
- X. How He celebrated Candlemas XI. How He observed Lent
- XII. How He celebrated May Day
- XIII. Of the Sorrowful Way of the Cross, which He walked with Christ when He was led to His Death
- XIV. Of the Useful Virtue that is known as Silence
- XV. Of the Mortification of the Flesh
- XVI. Of the Sharp Cross that He carried on His Back
- XVII. Of His Bed
- XVIII. How He broke off the Habit of Drinking
- XIX. How He was led to the Spiritual School and instructed in the Knowledge of true Self-Surrender
- XX. Of the Painful Descent
- XXI. Of Inner Sufferings XXII. How He set out to bring Wholesome Help to His Neighbours
- XXIII. Of Manifold Sufferings
- XXIV. Of the Great Sorrow that came to Him through His Own Sister
- XXV. Of the Deep Sorrow that once came upon Him through One of His Companions
- XXVI. Of the Murderer
- XXVII. In Perils of Waters
- XXVIII. Of a Short Respite that God once vouchsafed to Him
- XXIX. Of a Loving Account that He once settled with God
- XXX. How He once came near to Death in His Sufferings
- XXXI. How a Man should offer up His Sufferings in Praiseworthy Manner to God XXXII. How God in this World compensates a Suffering Man for His Suffering
- PART TWO
- XXXIII. Of the Servant's Spiritual Daughter
- XXXIV. Of the First Steps of a Beginner
- XXXV. Of the First Examples and Teachings for a Beginner, and the Need for Moderation in Austerities
- XXXVI. Of the Childlike Devotion of a Beginner in Religion
- XXXVII. How He drew Dissolute Persons to God, and comforted the Suffering
- XXXVIII. Of a Sore Affliction that befell Him about this Time
- XXXIX. Of Inner Suffering XL. What Sufferings are the Most Useful to Man and the Most Praiseworthy to God
- XLI. How He drew some Loving Hearts from Earthly Love to Divine Love
- XLII. Of Certain Suffering Persons Who were attached to the Servant with Particular Affection
- XLIII. How Christ appeared to Him in the Shape of a Seraph, and taught Him how to Suffer
- XLIV. How Firmly He must contend Who would win the Spiritual Prize
- XLV. Of the Beloved Name of Jesus
- Epilogue
- Back cover