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Ascent of Mount Carmel (Spanish: Subida del Monte Carmelo) is a 16th-century spiritual treatise by Spanish Catholic mystic and poet Saint John of the Cross. The book is a systematic treatment of the ascetical life in pursuit of mystical union with Christ , giving advice and reporting on his own experience.
A Guide to Mount Carmel, Being a Summary and an Analysis of The Ascent of Mount Carmel by St. John of the Cross, with Some Introductory Notes. Westminster: Dacre Press, 1944. Christ, the Christian and the Church: A Study of the Incarnation and Its Consequences. London: Longmans, 1946. Existence and Analogy. A Sequel to "He Who Is". London ...
The treatises Ascent of Mount Carmel (1581–1585) and Dark Night (the Declaración, 1584–1586) are commentaries on the poem, explaining its meaning line by line. Both works were left uncompleted. The Ascent of Mount Carmel is divided into three books that reflect the two phases of the dark night. The first is a purification of the senses ...
The Blessed Virgin Mary is the patroness of the Carmelites, and as such is known as "Our Lady of Mount Carmel". Main church altar with the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Stella Maris monastery at the end of the 19th century. New embossments dedicated to Carmelite figures are hoisted on all four corners of the central hall.
The rite in use among the Carmelites beginning in about the middle of the twelfth century is known by the name of the Rite of the Holy Sepulchre, the Carmelite Rule, which was written about the year 1210, ordering the hermits of Mount Carmel to follow the approved custom of the Church, which in this instance meant the Patriarchal Church of Jerusalem: "Hi qui litteras noverunt et legere psalmos ...
Articles related to Mount Carmel, a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. The range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve . A number of towns are situated there, most notably the city of Haifa , Israel's third largest city, located on the northern and western slopes.
Thomas was born in Baeza in southern Spain. [1] His parents were Don Baltasar de Avila and Dona Teresa de Herrera. [1] While studying law at the University of Salamanca (he graduated in 1583), he read some of the unpublished writings of Teresa of Avila and in 1586 he became a monk in her order.
(John 21:23) [9] John of the Cross makes the same point in Ascent of Mount Carmel, Book 2, Chapter 19. While God's locutions are true and certain in themselves, "our manner of understanding them is defective. [10]