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Knowing God by Experience : The Spiritual Senses in the Theology of William of Auxerre /

Author of the first true summa of theology, William of Auxerre (d. 1231), early magister at the University of Paris, is considered a seminal figure in early thirteenth-century scholasticism. From the uncertain climate of the late twelfth century, William's Summa Aurea emerges with impressive or...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Coolman, Boyd Taylor, 1966-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2004.
Édition:1st ed.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • A synaesthetic beatific vision
  • The manifold effects of the metaphysical good
  • The Trinity as manifold delectable
  • Creation : the manifestation of the delectabilia divina
  • The virtue of faith : knowledge of God in a visual mode
  • The virtue of charity : love of God in a tactile mode
  • Symbolic theology : exterior perception of God's effects
  • Mystical theology : interior perception of God's effects
  • Taste and see : the spiritual senses and the Eucharist
  • Conclusion : spiritual apprehension : the spiritual senses and the knowledge of God.