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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Thomas Merton. CONTENTS Prologue What is a Monk ? I THE MONASTIC PEACE 1. Puritas Cordis [ Purity of Heart ] vii 1 2. In Veritate [ In Truth ] 21 3. In Laboribus Multis [ In Many Labors ] 26 4. In Tabernaculo Altissimi [ In the Highest ...
Thomas Merton. CONTENTS Prologue What is a Monk ? I THE MONASTIC PEACE 1. Puritas Cordis [ Purity of Heart ] vii 1 2. In Veritate [ In Truth ] 21 3. In Laboribus Multis [ In Many Labors ] 26 4. In Tabernaculo Altissimi [ In the Highest ...
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... evasion . If the monk were able to understand what goes on inside him , he would be able to say how well he knows that the battle is being fought in his own heart . I THE MONASTIC PEACE 1. Puritas Cordis [ Purity of xiv PROLOGUE.
... evasion . If the monk were able to understand what goes on inside him , he would be able to say how well he knows that the battle is being fought in his own heart . I THE MONASTIC PEACE 1. Puritas Cordis [ Purity of xiv PROLOGUE.
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... way , my own self . But then , again , if He and I are one , then is there an " I " that can rejoice in having found Him ? God , says philosophy , is both immanent and transcendent I THE MONASTIC PEACE Puritas Cordis [Purity of Heart]
... way , my own self . But then , again , if He and I are one , then is there an " I " that can rejoice in having found Him ? God , says philosophy , is both immanent and transcendent I THE MONASTIC PEACE Puritas Cordis [Purity of Heart]
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... not pro- duce divine union as its direct result . It only dis- poses the soul for union . The various practices of monastic asceticism are more or less valuable to the monk in proportion as they help him to 3 THE MONASTIC PEACE.
... not pro- duce divine union as its direct result . It only dis- poses the soul for union . The various practices of monastic asceticism are more or less valuable to the monk in proportion as they help him to 3 THE MONASTIC PEACE.
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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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