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| I. Introductory--Pagan and Christian Prayer. | |
| Cicero's Conception of Prayer--The Christian Conception--Inspired and Continuous | |
| II. Clement of Alexandria and Christian Platonism. | |
| His Influence on Later Theology--Love and Knowledge--Loss and Gain--Mysticism and Intellectualism--"Pray without Ceasing"--What Things We Ought to Pray for | |
| III. S. John Cassian and the Beginnings of Monasticism. | |
| Origins of Monasticism--Extension of Monachism--His "Institutes" and "Conferences"--Influence on S. Benedict--Monastic Use of Prayer--His Scheme of the Prayer-Life--Spiritual Conditions of Prayer--The Humanism of the Cloister | |
| IV. S. Bernard and Mediæval Monasticism. | |
| Religious "Specialisation"--Effect on Prayer--Intensity of the Religious Life--S. Bernard as Spiritual Dictator--A Dangerous Rôle--Mr. Cotter Morison on S. Bernard--High of St. Victor--The Ladder of Spiritual Knowledge--Prayer of Dependent on Divine Will--True Objects of Prayer | |
| V. S. John of the Cross and Spanish Mysticism in the Sixteenth Century. | |
| The Authority of the Saint--The Notes of Sanctity and Unity--Order of Mount Carmel--S. Teresa and the Counter-Reform--His Distrust of "Visions"--Authority and Freedom--"Waiting upon God"--"Superstitious Prayer" | |
| VI. Fénelon and Mysticism in France at the End of the Seventeenth Century. | |
| Stronghold of Religious Freedom--Influence of S. Francis de Sales--Molinos' "Spiritual Guide"--Guyon's "Short Way of Prayer"--"Maxims of the Saints" Condemned--Motives Justifying Condemnation--S. Catherine's Criterion--Bossuet and Fénelon--Fénelon Supported by Tradition--Doctrine of "Pure Love" of God | |
| VII. Conclusions--Prayer and the Modern World. | |
| Difficulties Peculiar to Our Time--Is Modern Civilisation Christian?--The Larger Humanity of Business--Work and Prayer--The Kingdom of God |
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