The Silent LifeFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 25.05.2010 - 192 Seiten Thomas Merton wrote The Silent Life a decade after he took orders. In his Prologue, Merton describes the book as "a meditation on the monastic life by one who, without any merit of his own, is privileged to know that life on the inside . . . who seeks only to speak as the mouthpiece of a tradition centuries old." It is a remarkable work-one that combines a lucid and informative description of the nature and forms of monasticism, communal and solitary, with a passionate defense of the contemplative's quest for God. The intense beauty of Merton's meditation, radiating from beneath its surface calm, makes The Silent Life a classic of its kind. |
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... called by the Holy Spirit to relinquish the cares , desires and ambitions of other men , and devote his entire life to seeking God . The concept is familiar . The reality which the concept signifies is a mys- tery . For in actual fact ...
... called by the Holy Spirit to relinquish the cares , desires and ambitions of other men , and devote his entire life to seeking God . The concept is familiar . The reality which the concept signifies is a mys- tery . For in actual fact ...
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Thomas Merton. to be " men of God . " But not all are called to be monks . A monk is therefore one who is called to give himself exclusively and perfectly to the one thing necessary for all men - the search for God . It is permissible ...
Thomas Merton. to be " men of God . " But not all are called to be monks . A monk is therefore one who is called to give himself exclusively and perfectly to the one thing necessary for all men - the search for God . It is permissible ...
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... called by God to enter into this dilemma and this mystery . But it is less complicated for him , because he is not usually a philosopher . He seeks God not by speculation , but by a way more likely to find Him - the obscure and secret ...
... called by God to enter into this dilemma and this mystery . But it is less complicated for him , because he is not usually a philosopher . He seeks God not by speculation , but by a way more likely to find Him - the obscure and secret ...
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... shining in the humble soul that is empty of self , is what the Fathers called puritas cordis , purity of heart . Cassian said that the whole purpose of the monastic life was to lead the monk to this inner purity . All the 10 THE SILENT ...
... shining in the humble soul that is empty of self , is what the Fathers called puritas cordis , purity of heart . Cassian said that the whole purpose of the monastic life was to lead the monk to this inner purity . All the 10 THE SILENT ...
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Inhalt
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In Veritate In Truth | 21 |
In Tabernaculo Altissimi In | 34 |
In Unitate In Unity | 47 |
The Benedictines 639 | 56 |
THE CENOBITIC LIFE | 59 |
The Cistercians | 95 |
THE HERMIT LIFE | 127 |
The Camaldolese | 144 |
Index | 177 |
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