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The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage
By Jan van Ruysbroeck
Length7h 46m
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"The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage" was written some time around 1350, not long after Flemish mystic Jan van Ruysbroeck moved to a small hermitage out in the country, where he wandered the woods and wrote as the Holy Ghost inspired him.
"The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage" contains three of Jan van Ruysbroeck's best works: The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage, The Sparkling Stone, and The Book of Truth. These works are remarkable for their combination of lofty spiritual philosophy and robust common sense. As we read them, we feel that we are in touch with a man who, in his ecstatic ascents to God, never loses hold of the actualities of human life. In the Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage, he traces the gradual development of the soul through the active life of Christian virtue, the interior life of contemplation, and the super essential life of union with God. The Sparkling Stone further elaborates on some of the more difficult passages in The Adornment, and The Book of Truth was written as a refutation of the accusation that van Ruysbroeck's work supported a pantheistic and heretical view of the union of the soul with God.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion, Self-Help
Length7 hrs 46 mins
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Publish dateSep 10, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2FIRST BOOK
3Prologue
4Chapter 1. Of The Active Life
5Chapter 2. Showing How We Shall Consider The Coming Of Christ In Three Ways
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6Chapter 3. Of Humility
7Chapter 4. Of Charity
8Chapter 5. Of Patient Endurance
9Chapter 6. Of The Second Coming Of Christ
10Chapter 7. Of The Blessed Sacraments
11Chapter 8. Of The Third Coming Of Christ
12Chapter 9. Showing What Christ Will Do In The Day Of Doom
13Chapter 10. Of The Five Kinds Of Men Who Shall Appear At The Judgment
14Chapter 11. Of A Spiritual Going Out With All Virtues
15Chapter 12. How Humility Is The Foundation Of All Other Virtues
16Chapter 13. Of Obedience
17Chapter 14. Of The Renunciation Of Self Will
18Chapter 15. Of Patience
19Chapter 16. Of Meekness
20Chapter 17. Of Kindliness
21Chapter 18. Of Compassion
22Chapter 19. Of Generosity
23Chapter 20. Of Zeal And Diligence
24Chapter 21. Of Temperance And Sobriety
25Chapter 22. Of Purity
26Chapter 23. Of Three Enemies To Be Overcome By Righteousness
27Chapter 24. Of The Kingdom Of The Soul
28Chapter 25. Of A Spiritual Meeting Of God And Ourselves
29Chapter 26. Of The Desire To Know The Bridegroom In His Nature
30SECOND BOOK
31Prologue
32Chapter 1. How We Achieve Supernatural Sight In Our Inward Workings
33Chapter 2. Of A Three-Fold Unity Which Is In Us By Nature
34Chapter 3. Of The Inflow Of The Grace Of God Into Our Spirit
35Chapter 4. Showing How We Should Found Our Inward Life On A Freedom From Images
36Chapter 5. Of A Three-Fold Coming Of Our Lord In The Inward Man
37Chapter 6. Of The Second Coming Of Our Lord In The Inward Man
38Chapter 7. Of The Third Coming Of Our Lord
39Chapter 8. How The First Coming Has Four Degrees
40Chapter 9. Of Unity Of Heart
41Chapter 10. Of Inwardness
42Chapter 11. Of Sensible Love
43Chapter 12. Of Devotion
44Chapter 13. Of Gratitude
45Chapter 14. Of Two Griefs Which Arise From Inward Gratitude
46Chapter 15. A Similitude How We Should Perform The First Degree Of Our Inward Exercise
47Chapter 16. Another Similitude Concerning The Same Exercise
48Chapter 17. Of The Second Degree Of Our Inward Exercise, Which Increases Inwardness By Humility
49Chapter 18. Of The Pure Delight Of The Heart And The Sensible Powers
50Chapter 19. Of Spiritual Inebriation
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