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Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage; The Sparkling Stone; The Book of Supreme Truth

Politics & Social Sciences

Van Ruysbroeck, Jan

Philosophy

Kessinger Publishing

This volume contains three of Jan van Ruysbroeck's best works: The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage, The Sparkling Stone, and The Book of Truth. These works are remarkable for their combination of lofty spiritual philosophy and robust common sense. As we read them, we feel that we are in touch with a man who, in his ecstatic ascents to God, never loses hold of the actualities of human life. In the Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage, he traces the gradual development of the soul through the active life of Christian virtue, the interior life of contemplation, and the superessential life of union with God. The Sparkling Stone further elaborates on some of the more difficult passages in The Adornment, and The Book of Truth was written as a refutation of the accusation that van Ruysbroeck's work supported a pantheistic and heretical view of the union of the soul with God. Primarily influenced by St. Paul and St. Augustine, van Ruysbroeck was driven to speak out on the mystical life in reaction to the rising of heretical sects in the lowlands of Belgium that were preaching quietism of "the most soul-destroying kind" early in the 14th century. The singular feature of his teaching is achieving a balanced career of action and contemplation as the ideal of the Christian soul.

Adornment Of The Spiritual Marriage: The Sparkling Stone & The Book of Supreme Truth (Ibis Western Mystery Tradition)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Nicolas-Hays, Inc.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage

Computers & Technology

Programming Languages

Humility And Her Four Virtues And Striving After God's Honor In The Inner Life

THIS 56 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Adornment of the Spiritual Marria The Sparkling Sto The Book of Supreme Truth, by Jan Van Ruysbroeck. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0922802947.

The Seven Steps of the Ladder of Spiritual Love

Self-Help

Motivational

Seven Steps of the Ladder of Spiritual Love

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