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Francesco Scupoli CR (c. 1530 – 26 November 1610), [1] better known by his religious name Lorenzo Scupoli, was a Neapolitan Roman Catholic priest, most notable for his authorship of The Spiritual Combat (Italian: Il combattimento spirituale), an important work in 16th century Catholic spirituality.
The abbey at Montserrat, where Cisneros was abbot. García Jiménez de Cisneros (1455–1510) was the abbot of Santa Maria de Montserrat in Spain. [1]As one of the early Spanish mystics, he was a pioneer in the use of meditative techniques, having been influenced both by the methodical prayers of the Devotio Moderna group, and the writings of Louis Barbo.
Classics of Western Spirituality [CWS] is an English-language book series published by Paulist [1] Press since 1978, which offers a library of historical texts on Christian spirituality [2] as well as a representative selection of works on Jewish, Islamic, Sufi and Native American spirituality.
The Three Ways of the Spiritual Life (1938) The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life ( Les trois âges de la vie intérieure, prélude de celle du Ciel ) is the magnum opus of Fr. Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange , a French theologian of the Order of Preachers ( Dominican Order ).
Her published works include a trilogy of books on "The Practice of the Spiritual Life". [1] In 1993 Funk spoke at the Parliament of the World's Religions. From 1994 to 2004, she was Executive Director of the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue Board, which coordinates the organization that aims to foster inter-religious and inter-monastic dialogue ...
Man is a Spirit with a material body, i.e. our truer selves are not material, but spiritual. A living person is made of three entities: the spirit, the body and the spiritual body (the perispirit) that binds both. The perispirit is an original word of Spiritism. Spirits pre-exist and will survive matter that was created.
Roberts extensively chronicled and described her life and spiritual journey. Her book Contemplative: Autobiography of the Early Years [n 1] presents an account of her early family life and spiritual experiences. Her spiritual journey after entering the cloister is described in The Path to No-Self: Life at the Center. [1]
It is known that Molinos was affiliated with the Roman chapter of the School of Christ (and, by 1671 at the latest, had become its leader). He also became well known as a spiritual director – and it was in this role that he gained prominence as the leading advocate of the teaching and practice that would come to be known as Quietism.