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Hermits, , ca, 1081 Princ. U. Libr., image modif .
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1.
ASCETICISM: THE
MEANING
OF THE
WORD
Original meaning of ascesis and use in the early Church. Mt. 6:1-21 as
ascetical model and exhortation.
2.
THE ART
of ONGOING
CONVERSION
The theological “domain” of asceticism; repentance and
asceticism. Ongoing conversion and spiritual progress. Conversatio/conversio;
the difficult “art of accurate repentance”. |
3.
FROM
ASCETICISM
to CONTEMPLATION
Ascetical practice and contemplative vision. Lectio divina
- a key to ascetical practice.
4.
FROM
VICE
to VIRTUE
Ancient and monastic models of virtue and vice. The eight deadly thoughts. Stairways
and Instruments in The Master and Benedict.
Hidden Text:
(5)
SOLITARY
and COMMUNAL
ASCETICISM
The contrasting but interdependent ascetical loci of
hermitage and cenobium
(6)
THE
ASCETICISM
of FRIENDSHIP
Friendship - the school of virtue. Classic texts
by Aristotle, Cicero, Cassian, Aelred of Rievaulx, and C.S. Lewis.
(7)
SPIRITUAL
EXERCISE
and SACRED
LEARNING
The life of the believer as “sacred text”, “salvation history”
The perennial controversy over the place of sacred learning.
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