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... Perfection , summing up centuries of tradition , yet adding the freshness of his own lived experience of the doctrine and personal reading of Scripture . As early as Origen , too , the Gospel story of Martha and Mary becomes in its ...
... Perfection , summing up centuries of tradition , yet adding the freshness of his own lived experience of the doctrine and personal reading of Scripture . As early as Origen , too , the Gospel story of Martha and Mary becomes in its ...
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... perfection of virtue in loving of his God and of his brethren . All these three -- wisdom , dis- cretion , and perfection of virtue -- are but one , and they may be cleped the crown of life . In a crown are three things : gold is the ...
... perfection of virtue in loving of his God and of his brethren . All these three -- wisdom , dis- cretion , and perfection of virtue -- are but one , and they may be cleped the crown of life . In a crown are three things : gold is the ...
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... Perfection was written in answer to the needs of a particular person . There is no reason to doubt that the " ghostly suster in Jhesu Grist " whom Hilton addresses on the opening page was a real anchoress , just embarking on the most ...
... Perfection was written in answer to the needs of a particular person . There is no reason to doubt that the " ghostly suster in Jhesu Grist " whom Hilton addresses on the opening page was a real anchoress , just embarking on the most ...
Contents
THE BIBLE IN THE MIDDLE AGES | 6 |
The Medieval Period | 24 |
St Thomas and the fourfold | 33 |
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