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St Teresa of Avila on praying with images vs contemplation after communion

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Chris Arnold

In Chapter 34 of the Way of Perfection, St. Teresa is advising the sisters on the  the value of recollection, or prayerful gathering together of all the senses and the awareness of the presence of Christ, immediately after receiving Communion. It is then, after all, that “in the most Blessed Sacrament [we] have Him just…

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What is a saint?

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Chris Arnold

This comes from the preface to the book Stars Appearing: Lives of Sixty-Eight Saints of the Anglican Calendar, written by Sibil Harton, and published in 1953. I have preserved Ms. Harton’s original pronouns. What is a saint? Nothing is gained by watering him down to the level of that rather popular definition, an ordinary person…

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Top Ten Theologians

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Chris Arnold

Liza Anderson (@ecclesiangst), who is on the faculty at Claremont School of Theology, wrote up this #TopTenTheologians list. Here’s your next shopping list! Origen Evagrius John Cassian Gregory of Nazianzus John Climacus Pseudo-Dionysius Isaac of Nineveh Meister Eckhart Teresa of Avila John of the Cross

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