Holy Wisdom: Directions for the Prayer of Contemplation (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Benedictine Guide to Contemplative Prayer, Interior Devotion, and Ascetic WisdomBy Augustine Baker
Length27h 59m
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Holy Wisdom: Directions for the Prayer of Contemplation is a classic manual of English Benedictine spirituality, offering a disciplined yet inwardly supple guide to the contemplative life. Rather than presenting prayer as a technique, Augustine Baker describes it as a gradual purification of the will, a loving attention to God shaped by humility, recollection, and perseverance. Its prose is sober, practical, and deeply ascetical, standing within the post-Reformation Catholic tradition while drawing on medieval mysticism and monastic theology. Augustine Baker, a seventeenth-century Welsh Benedictine, wrote from within a religious world marked by exile, recusancy, and the need to preserve contemplative practice under pressure. Trained in law before entering monastic life, he brought to spiritual direction both intellectual clarity and pastoral patience. His guidance, especially to English Benedictine nuns on the Continent, reflects a life devoted to recovering the ancient wisdom of interior prayer. This book is warmly recommended to readers seeking a serious introduction to contemplative Christianity. Scholars of spirituality, monastic history, and devotional literature will find it indispensable, while reflective readers will discover a demanding but luminous companion for prayer.
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Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length27 hrs 59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Holy Wisdom: Directions for the Prayer of Contemplation (Annotated)
26Chapter VI.
2Preface to the Present Edition.
27Chapter VII.
3Approbations
28Chapter VIII.
4A Preface to the Reader.
29Chapter IX.
5The First Treatise
30Chapter X.
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6The First Treatise and the First Section
31The Second Treatise.
7Chapter II.
32The First Section.
8Chapter III.
33Chapter II.
9Chapter IV.
34Chapter III.
10Chapter V.
35Chapter IV.
11Chapter VI.
36Chapter V.
12The Second Section of the First Treatise
37Chapter VI.
13Chapter II.
38Chapter VII.
14Chapter III.
39Chapter VIII.
15Chapter IV.
40The Second Section of the Second Treatise.
16Chapter V.
41Chapter II.
17Chapter VI.
42Chapter III.
18Chapter VII.
43Chapter IV.
19Chapter VIII.
44Chapter V.
20Chapter IX.
45Chapter VI.
21The Third Section of the First Treatise
46Chapter VII.
22Chapter II.
47Chapter VIII.
23Chapter III.
48Chapter IX.
24Chapter IV.
49Chapter X.
25Chapter V.
50Chapter XI.
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