• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Elements of the Spiritual Life: A Study in Ascetical Theology

The Elements of the Spiritual Life: A Study in Ascetical Theology

Paperback

Religion General Christian LivingGeneral Christianity

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 1592449883
ISBN13: 9781592449880
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publ
Published: Nov 11 2004
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.62 Depth: 8.54
Language: English
My aim in writing this book has been to give to my brethren of the Anglican Communion what we do not at present possess, a comprehensive study of the Christian spiritual life. The need of such a work is becoming increasingly clear; there are signs in many quarters of a real desire for the spiritual life, and priests are beginning to discover the vital and practical importance of a knowledge of ascetical theology. . . . The plan of the book is simple. Part I deals with the action of God in the soul by grace; Part II with the human resistance to the divine will and the means whereby that resistance may be overcome; Part III is a brief outline of the divine economy of the sacraments; Part IV is concerned with the life of prayer, and in Part V we consider the end of the spiritual life and the ways by which that end may be reached, concluding with a chapter on the guidance of souls with some consideration of the qualities of the ideal director. --from the Preface

Also in

General Christianity