The doctrine of spiritual perfection / Anselm Stolz ; translated by Aidan Williams ; introduction by Stephen Fields.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stolz, Anselm, 1900-1942.

Contributor:

Williams, Aidan, 1904-

Series:

Milestones in the study of mysticism and spirituality

Standardized Title:

Theologie der Mystik. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Mysticism--Catholic Church.

Mysticism.

Perfection--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Perfection.

Physical Description:

xxi, 250 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crossroad, [2001]

Summary:

First published in 1938, this book made a significant contribution to the scholarship on mysticism by approaching the problems of mysticism from the theological angle adopted by the church fathers and medieval scholastics. Seeking to strike a balance with the psychological method, Stolz began his study with an examination not of John of the Cross or Teresa of Avila, but of St. Paul's account of his rapture. Stolz's analysis clarified the theological foundation of mysticism and its development in the ecclesiastical tradition, with his assertion that "mysticism is built on the sacramental and therefore the liturgical life, and is thus bound up intrinsically with Christian life, of which it is the conscious intensification and perfection."

Contents:

I. The Task 1

II. The Paradise of God 17

III. In Christ 37

IV. The Dominion of the Devil 54

V. The Mystic in the Church 72

VI. Adam and Mysticism 87

VII. The Ladder to paradise 107

VIII. The Unutterable Words 133

IX. Mystical Experience 163

X. The Plenitude of the Spirit 181

XI. The Graces of the Cross 198

XII. The Kingdom of the Father 216.

Notes:

"A Herder & Herder book."

Originally published as : "Theologie der Mystik", Regensberg, Germany, 1936 ; English translation : 1938 by Herder & Herder. With new introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

082451887X

OCLC:

47752049