Writings on the Spiritual Life

Contents

Contents Preface.............................................................................................................vii Foreword ...................................................................................................... xi Introduction The Journey of the Heart Into Wisdom ............................................1 Bonaventure: Disciple, Teacher, Mystical Theologian ....................3 The Human Person: Made in the Image of God ..............................7 The Human Person: Formed Right and Upright .......................8 The Rational Spirit: An Image of the Triune God....................12 The Soul, Deformed by Sin ...........................................................30 The Soul, Reformed by Grace ......................................................37 Some Conclusions ...........................................................................40 The Threefold Journey Into Wisdom ................................................41 Hierarchy, The Meaning of the Concept ..................................43 The Three Hierarchizing Activities .............................................47 The Purgative Way ...................................................................47 The Illuminative Way ..............................................................54 The Perfective/Unitive Way ..................................................59 Conclusion .........................................................................................66 The Texts In Translation .........................................................................69 The Interpretation of Classical Texts .........................................69 The Translation, Technical Notes ................................................71 Reading the Texts in Different Historical Contexts ..........................................................................74 Some Conclusions .................................................................................. 76 Writings on the Spiritual Life vi Selected Texts in Translation Translated by Dr. Girard Etzkorn The Threefold Way ...........................................................................81 On the Perfection of Life Addressed to the Sisters .....................................................135 On Governing the Soul ................................................................197 Soliloquium .....................................................................................211 Outline of the Soliloquium ................................................215 Appendix: Four Supplemental Texts Commentary on Book II of the Sentences, Prologue ........................................................................................345 Translated by Dr. Girard Etzkorn “On the Way of Life” ......................................................................357 Translated by Dr. Oleg Bychkov “On Holy Saturday” .......................................................................369 Translated by Robert J. Karris, OFM “The Monday After Palm Sunday” ...........................................383 Translated by Robert J. Karris, OFM Indices .......................................................................................................389 Bibliography Index of Sacred Scripture Index of Ecclesiastical Writers Index of Philosophical Writers ...