Knowing God by Experience : The Spiritual Senses in the Theology of William of Auxerre.
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TextPublisher: Washington, D. C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (271 pages)Content type: - text
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- Guillermus, -- Altissiodorensis, -- d. 1231. -- Summa aurea
- God (Christianity) -- Knowableness -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Experience (Religion) -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Senses and sensation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I Beatific Fruition as Spiritual Apprehension -- A Synaesthetic Beatific Vision -- PART II The Objects of Spiritual Apprehension -- The Manifold Effects of the Metaphysical Good -- The Trinity as Manifold Delectable -- Creation: The Manifestation of the Delectabilia Divina -- PART III The Virtues of Spirital Apprehension -- Faith: Knowledge of God in a Visual Mode -- Charity: Love of God in a Tactile Mode -- PART IV The Forms of Spiritual Apprehension -- Symbolic Theology: Exterior Perception of God's Effects -- Mystical Theology: Interior Perception of God's Effects -- Taste and See: The Spiritual Senses and the Eucharist -- Conclusion. Spiritual Apprehension: The Spiritual Senses and the Knowledge of God -- Bibliography -- Index.
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