The Degrees of the Spiritual Life; a Method of Directing Souls According to Their Progress in Virtue; 1

The Degrees of the Spiritual Life; a Method of Directing Souls According to Their Progress in Virtue; 1
Author: Auguste Saudreau
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781020522970

This classic treatise on Christian spirituality offers readers a comprehensive guide to the stages of the spiritual life, from the beginning stages of conversion to the heights of mystical union with God. Written by the esteemed French theologian Auguste Saudreau, this book provides valuable insights and practical advice for all those seeking to deepen their spiritual lives. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Spiritual Life

The Spiritual Life
Author: Evelyn Underhill
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 131
Release: 1985-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0819224693

Originally part of a series of broadcasts made by the author prior to World War II, this small book was meant "to present some of the great truths concerning man’s spiritual life in simple language.” As one critic has noted, “Underhill has admirably and eloquently achieved her objective.” Evelyn Underhill was a prolific British writer on mysticism and spiritual growth. Her other books include The School of Charity and Abba.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991-1992, volume 2

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991-1992, volume 2
Author: Witness Lee
Publisher: Living Stream Ministry
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2021-05-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1536006882

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991-1992, volume 2, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from August 31, 1991, through June 19, 1992. At the end of August 1991 Brother Lee traveled from Anaheim to Berkeley, California. In early September he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of November. During that time he visited Huntington Beach, California. At the end of November Brother Lee traveled to Reston, Virginia, for the Thanksgiving weekend conference. In early December he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of the third week in May 1992. From there he traveled to Irving, Texas, for the Memorial Day weekend conference. He returned to Anaheim and remained there until the beginning of September, at which time he visited Seattle, Washington, for a weekend conference. He then returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of the third week in November. During the last week in November he traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, for the Thanksgiving weekend conference, after which he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of the year. The contents of this volume are divided into thirteen sections, as follows: 1. Five messages given in Berkeley, California, on August 31 through September 2, 1991. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Five Emphases in the Lord's Recovery and are included in this volume under the same title. 2. A message given in Chinese in Anaheim, California, on October 11, 1991. This message is included in this volume under the title Knowing the Body of Christ and Learning to Coordinate and Serve in the Body. 3. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on October 14 through 21, 1991. These messages are included in this volume under the title Fellowship with the Elders and Co-workers concerning the Practice of the Lord's New Way. 4. A message given in Huntington Beach, California, on October 13, 1991. This message is included in this volume under the title The Need to Have a Definite Beginning in the Practice of the God-ordained Way. 5. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on November 11 through 25, 1991. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Work and Warfare to Build Up the Body of Christ. 6. Six messages given in Reston, Virginia, on November 28 through December 1, 1991. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Intrinsic View of the Body of Christ and are included in this volume under the same title. 7. A message given in Reston, Virginia, on December 1, 1991. This message is included in this volume under the title The Church as God's Increase and the Profit of Practicing the New Way. 8. A message given in Anaheim, California, on December 16, 1991. This message is included in this volume under the title Taking the Lead to Build Up the Church through the Practice of the New Way. 9. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on January 1 and 2, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Present Need in the Lord's Recovery. 10. A message given in Anaheim, California, on February 1, 1992. This message is included in this volume under the title Fighting for the Truth of God's Economy under the Leadership of the Divine Revelation. 11. Four messages given in Chinese in Anaheim, California, on February 15 and 16, 1992. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Law and Grace of God in His Economy and are included in this volume under the same title. 12. Seventeen messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 21 through June 19, 1992. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Christian Life and are included in this volume under the same title. 13. Fourteen messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 22 through June 13, 1992. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Practice of the Church Life according to the God-ordained Way and are included in this volume under the same title.

The Works of William Perkins, Volume 2

The Works of William Perkins, Volume 2
Author: William Perkins
Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
Total Pages: 954
Release: 2015-10-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1601784244

This second volume contains Perkins’s Commentary on Galatians . Perkins preached on Galatians each Lord’s Day for over three years. Ralph Cudworth obtained Perkins’s handwritten notes and edited them for publication. Because Perkins did not complete the commentary, Cudworth supplemented the manuscript with his own comments on chapter 6. This commentary of Perkins and Cudworth on Galatians first appeared in print in 1604, two years after Perkins’s death. Perkins’s other writings had already begun to be gathered and published. When the three-volume edition of his collected works first appeared, Galatians occupied over 320 large folio pages in the second volume (1609). It continued to appear as a part of several editions of the Works through their final 1635 reprint. Evidently, interest in the commentary warranted its publication again as a separate volume in 1617. Following the model taught in his treatise The Art of Prophesying , Perkins’s pattern in commenting on Galatians is to explain the text, deduce a few points of doctrine from it, answer objections raised against the doctrine, and then give practical uses of what the passage teaches.

The Witchcraft Collection Volume Two

The Witchcraft Collection Volume Two
Author: Frank Gaynor
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 798
Release: 2019-12-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1504060423

Three authoritative yet accessible reference books covering the esoteric terms, concepts, and histories of magical practices and mystical thought. Dictionary of Mysticism offers concise definitions for more than 2,200 terms used in a number of mystical traditions and fields of study, including esoteric philosophy, occultism, psychical research, spiritualism, alchemy, astrology, and demonology. It also covers the studies of Buddhism, Brahmanism, Sufism, Lamaism, Zoroastrianism, Theosophy, and Cabbalism. Encyclopedia of Superstitions is a wide-ranging and authoritative reference book that explores the origins and influences of various superstitions from a number of cultural traditions. It contains enlightening information about charms, spells, fairy lore and legend, folk remedies, and customs of birth, marriage, and death. In Dictionary of Magic, occult expert Harry E. Wedeck offers a broad understanding of witchcraft, necromancy, paganism, the occult, and many of magic’s other manifestations. This A-to-Z reference book provides in-depth information on essential concepts, practices, and vocabulary, and covers many notable wizards and demonographers.

Sacramental Life

Sacramental Life
Author: David A. deSilva
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2008-07-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830835180

As David deSilva has experienced the ancient wisdom of the Book of Common Prayer, he's been formed spiritually in deep and lasting ways. In these pages, he offers you a brand new way to use the Book of Common Prayer, exploring how Christians can be spiritually formed by the sacraments of baptism, Eucharist, marriage and last rites.

Kazantzakis, Volume 2

Kazantzakis, Volume 2
Author: Peter Bien
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 635
Release: 2010-07-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1400824427

Putting Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis's vast output into the context of his lifelong spiritual quest and the turbulent politics of twentieth-century Greece, Peter Bien argues that Kazantzakis was a deeply flawed genius--not always artistically successful, but a remarkable figure by any standard. This is the second and final volume of Bien's definitive and monumental biography of Kazantzakis (1883-1957). It covers his life after 1938, the period in which he wrote Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ, the novels that brought him his greatest fame. A demonically productive novelist, poet, playwright, travel writer, autobiographer, and translator, Kazantzakis was one of the most important Greek writers of the twentieth century and the only one to achieve international recognition as a novelist. But Kazantzakis's writings were just one aspect of an obsessive struggle with religious, political, and intellectual problems. In the 1940s and 1950s, a period that included the Greek civil war and its aftermath, Kazantzakis continued this engagement with undiminished energy, despite every obstacle, producing in his final years novels that have become world classics.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1959, volume 2

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1959, volume 2
Author: Witness Lee
Publisher: Living Stream Ministry
Total Pages: 635
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1536005045

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1959, volume 2, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee in June 1959 through September 1961. Historical information concerning Brother Lee's travels and the content of his ministry in 1959 can be found in the general preface that appears at the beginning of volume 1 in this set. The contents of this volume are divided into five sections, as follows: 1. Fourteen messages given in Manila, Philippines; Hong Kong; and Taipei, Taiwan, on June 14 through December 14, 1959. Chapters 6 through 9 consist of messages given in Manila on June 14 through July 7, chapters 1 through 5 consist of messages given in Hong Kong on July 27 through the first part of August, and chapters 10 through 14 consist of messages given in Taipei on August 19 through December 14. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Christ Making His Home in Our Heart and the Building Up of the Church and are included in this volume under the same title. 2. Fourteen messages given in Hong Kong on July 27 through August 8, 1959. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Knowing and Experiencing God as Life and are included in this volume under the same title. 3. Fourteen messages given in Hong Kong on July 31 and August 1, 1959 (chapters 13 and 14), and in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 10 through September 1, 1961 (chapters 1 through 12). These messages were previously published in a book entitled Leading the Young People with the Word and the Spirit and are included in this volume under the same title. 4. Six messages given in Hong Kong on August 12 through 16, 1959. These messages are included in this volume under the title Questions and Answers concerning Life and Service. 5. Thirteen messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on August 31 through October 1, 1959. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Christ Being the Burden of the Gospel and are included in this volume under the same title.

In the Highest Degree: Volume Two

In the Highest Degree: Volume Two
Author: P. H. Brazier
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2018-10-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532658907

The theological and philosophical works of C. S. Lewis were grounded in the argument from reason (being a form of revelation that predates nature and relates to the divine; i.e., the Word of God, Christ the Logos). These essays provide some understanding of the essentials to Lewis's philosophical theology--that is, the essentia, "in the highest degree." Lewis's corpus can seem disparate, but here we find unity in his aims, objectives, and methodology, a consistency that demonstrates the deep roots of his philosophical theology in Scripture, Greek philosophy, patristic and medieval theology, and some of the Reformers, all framed by a reasoned discipline from a perceptive and critical mind: method and form, content and reason, for the glory of God. From an analysis of reason to the evidence of Christ as the light of the world across human endeavors and religions, a doctrine of election, and an understanding of Scripture ("the Philosophy of the Incarnation," as Lewis termed it), in fundamental arguments with various modern/liberal theologians, we find evidence for the actuality of the incarnation: the divinity of Christ.