The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage
133 chapters English Public domain
About this book
Jan van Ruysbroeck [b. 1293 or 1294, d. 1381] was a Flemish mystic. He led a life of asuterity, eventually founding a congregation in Groenendaal. His writings were widely circulated in his lifetime and he influenced an entire generation of Christian mystics. He was beatified on Decmber 1st, 1908, by Pope St. Pius X.
Table of contents
133 chapters
76 Chapter XLV. How Christ Was, Is, and Ever Will Be the Lover of All 77 Chapter XLVI. Reproving All Those Who Live on Spiritual Goods in an Inordinate Manner 78 Chapter XLVII. Showing How Christ Has Given Himself to all in Common in the Sacrament of the Altar 79 Chapter XLVIII. Of The Unity of the Divine Nature in the Trinity of the Persons 80 Chapter XLIX. Showing How God Possesses and Moves the Soul Both in a Natural and a Supernatural Way 81 Chapter L. Howing How A Man Should Be Adorned if He is to Receive the Most Inward Exercise 82 Chapter LI. Of the Third Coming of Christ 83 Chapter LII. Showing how the Spirit Goes Out Through the Divine Stirring 84 Chapter LIII. Of an Eternal Hunger for God 85 Chapter LIV. Of A Loving Strife Between the Spirit of God and Our Spirit 86 Chapter LV. Of the Fruitful Works of the Spirit, the Which are Eternal 87 Chapter LVI. Showing the Way in Which We Shall Meet God in a Ghostly Manner Both with and Without Means 88 Chapter LVII. Of the Essential Meeting WITH God Without Means in the Nakedness of Our Nature 89 Chapter LVIII. Showing How One is Like Unto God Through Grace and Unlike Unto God Through Mortal Sin 90 Chapter LIX. Showing How One Possesses God In Union and Rest, Above All Likeness Through Grace 91 Chapter LX. Showing How We Have Need of the Grace of God, Which Makes Us Like Unto God and Leads Us to God Without Means 92 Chapter LIX. of How God and Our Spirit Visit Each Other in the Unity and in the Likeness 93 Chapter LXII. Showing How We Should Go Out to Meet God 94 Chapter LXIII. Of the Ordering of All the Virtues Through the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost 95 Chapter :LXIV. Of the Highest Degree of the Most Interior Life 96 Chapter LXV. Of Three Kinds of Most Inward Practices 97 Chapter LXVI. Showing How Some Men Live Contrary to These Exercises 98 Chapter LXVII. Of Another Kind of Perverted Men 99 Chapter I. Showing the Three Ways by Which One Enters into the God-Seeing Life 100 Chapter II. How the Eternal Birth of God is Renewed Without Interruption in the Nobility of the Spirit
Audiobook
Listen to this edition
Audiobooks are coming soon
Narrated editions will appear here when they are ready to listen.
Membership
Support the archive
$10 / month
Helps fund new texts & growth
Unlimited highlights & annotations
Unlimited bookmarks
Ad free reading experience
Early access to new features
Early access to quality TTS Audiobooks
Priority support & feature requests
4,000 Points monthly for Search usage
Access to point system rewards and value
Cancel anytime. Helps us pay the bills.
Discussion
Community conversation
Discussions are coming soon
Join conversations around this text and its interpretations.
The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage
133 chapters English Public domain
About this book
Jan van Ruysbroeck [b. 1293 or 1294, d. 1381] was a Flemish mystic. He led a life of asuterity, eventually founding a congregation in Groenendaal. His writings were widely circulated in his lifetime and he influenced an entire generation of Christian mystics. He was beatified on Decmber 1st, 1908, by Pope St. Pius X.
Table of contents
133 chapters
76 Chapter XLV. How Christ Was, Is, and Ever Will Be the Lover of All 77 Chapter XLVI. Reproving All Those Who Live on Spiritual Goods in an Inordinate Manner 78 Chapter XLVII. Showing How Christ Has Given Himself to all in Common in the Sacrament of the Altar 79 Chapter XLVIII. Of The Unity of the Divine Nature in the Trinity of the Persons 80 Chapter XLIX. Showing How God Possesses and Moves the Soul Both in a Natural and a Supernatural Way 81 Chapter L. Howing How A Man Should Be Adorned if He is to Receive the Most Inward Exercise 82 Chapter LI. Of the Third Coming of Christ 83 Chapter LII. Showing how the Spirit Goes Out Through the Divine Stirring 84 Chapter LIII. Of an Eternal Hunger for God 85 Chapter LIV. Of A Loving Strife Between the Spirit of God and Our Spirit 86 Chapter LV. Of the Fruitful Works of the Spirit, the Which are Eternal 87 Chapter LVI. Showing the Way in Which We Shall Meet God in a Ghostly Manner Both with and Without Means 88 Chapter LVII. Of the Essential Meeting WITH God Without Means in the Nakedness of Our Nature 89 Chapter LVIII. Showing How One is Like Unto God Through Grace and Unlike Unto God Through Mortal Sin 90 Chapter LIX. Showing How One Possesses God In Union and Rest, Above All Likeness Through Grace 91 Chapter LX. Showing How We Have Need of the Grace of God, Which Makes Us Like Unto God and Leads Us to God Without Means 92 Chapter LIX. of How God and Our Spirit Visit Each Other in the Unity and in the Likeness 93 Chapter LXII. Showing How We Should Go Out to Meet God 94 Chapter LXIII. Of the Ordering of All the Virtues Through the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost 95 Chapter :LXIV. Of the Highest Degree of the Most Interior Life 96 Chapter LXV. Of Three Kinds of Most Inward Practices 97 Chapter LXVI. Showing How Some Men Live Contrary to These Exercises 98 Chapter LXVII. Of Another Kind of Perverted Men 99 Chapter I. Showing the Three Ways by Which One Enters into the God-Seeing Life 100 Chapter II. How the Eternal Birth of God is Renewed Without Interruption in the Nobility of the Spirit
Audiobook
Listen to this edition
Audiobooks are coming soon
Narrated editions will appear here when they are ready to listen.
Membership
Support the archive
$10 / month
Helps fund new texts & growth
Unlimited highlights & annotations
Unlimited bookmarks
Ad free reading experience
Early access to new features
Early access to quality TTS Audiobooks
Priority support & feature requests
4,000 Points monthly for Search usage
Access to point system rewards and value
Cancel anytime. Helps us pay the bills.
Discussion
Community conversation
Discussions are coming soon
Join conversations around this text and its interpretations.
The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage
133 chapters English Public domain
About this book
Jan van Ruysbroeck [b. 1293 or 1294, d. 1381] was a Flemish mystic. He led a life of asuterity, eventually founding a congregation in Groenendaal. His writings were widely circulated in his lifetime and he influenced an entire generation of Christian mystics. He was beatified on Decmber 1st, 1908, by Pope St. Pius X.
Table of contents
133 chapters
76 Chapter XLV. How Christ Was, Is, and Ever Will Be the Lover of All 77 Chapter XLVI. Reproving All Those Who Live on Spiritual Goods in an Inordinate Manner 78 Chapter XLVII. Showing How Christ Has Given Himself to all in Common in the Sacrament of the Altar 79 Chapter XLVIII. Of The Unity of the Divine Nature in the Trinity of the Persons 80 Chapter XLIX. Showing How God Possesses and Moves the Soul Both in a Natural and a Supernatural Way 81 Chapter L. Howing How A Man Should Be Adorned if He is to Receive the Most Inward Exercise 82 Chapter LI. Of the Third Coming of Christ 83 Chapter LII. Showing how the Spirit Goes Out Through the Divine Stirring 84 Chapter LIII. Of an Eternal Hunger for God 85 Chapter LIV. Of A Loving Strife Between the Spirit of God and Our Spirit 86 Chapter LV. Of the Fruitful Works of the Spirit, the Which are Eternal 87 Chapter LVI. Showing the Way in Which We Shall Meet God in a Ghostly Manner Both with and Without Means 88 Chapter LVII. Of the Essential Meeting WITH God Without Means in the Nakedness of Our Nature 89 Chapter LVIII. Showing How One is Like Unto God Through Grace and Unlike Unto God Through Mortal Sin 90 Chapter LIX. Showing How One Possesses God In Union and Rest, Above All Likeness Through Grace 91 Chapter LX. Showing How We Have Need of the Grace of God, Which Makes Us Like Unto God and Leads Us to God Without Means 92 Chapter LIX. of How God and Our Spirit Visit Each Other in the Unity and in the Likeness 93 Chapter LXII. Showing How We Should Go Out to Meet God 94 Chapter LXIII. Of the Ordering of All the Virtues Through the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost 95 Chapter :LXIV. Of the Highest Degree of the Most Interior Life 96 Chapter LXV. Of Three Kinds of Most Inward Practices 97 Chapter LXVI. Showing How Some Men Live Contrary to These Exercises 98 Chapter LXVII. Of Another Kind of Perverted Men 99 Chapter I. Showing the Three Ways by Which One Enters into the God-Seeing Life 100 Chapter II. How the Eternal Birth of God is Renewed Without Interruption in the Nobility of the Spirit
Audiobook
Listen to this edition
Audiobooks are coming soon
Narrated editions will appear here when they are ready to listen.
Membership
Support the archive
$10 / month
Helps fund new texts & growth
Unlimited highlights & annotations
Unlimited bookmarks
Ad free reading experience
Early access to new features
Early access to quality TTS Audiobooks
Priority support & feature requests
4,000 Points monthly for Search usage
Access to point system rewards and value
Cancel anytime. Helps us pay the bills.
Discussion
Community conversation
Discussions are coming soon
Join conversations around this text and its interpretations.