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"In two thousand years of history only thirty-three individuals have been accorded the title of doctor ecclesiae. What is a Doctor of the Church? How did the Office develop? Who are the Doctors of the Church and what role could they have in the lives of contemporary believers? What does the inclusion of three women in the past generation portend for the future of the title?"--BOOK JACKET. "This volume is designed to tell ordinary readers everything...
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"Bernard McGinn, considered by experts to be the best scholar of Western Christian mysticism in the world, became known far beyond academia with the 1991 publication of The Foundations of Mysticism: Origins to the Fifth Century. The initial volume in a four-volume series was greeted with immediate and unprecedented critical praise." "This second volume, The Growth of Mysticism, will also stand on its own as a towering achievement, taking up the story...
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This clear and comprehensive anthology, culled from the vast corpus of Christian mystical literature by the renowned theologian and historian Bernard McGinn, presents nearly one hundred selections, from the writings of Origen of Alexandria in the third century to the work of twentieth-century mystics such as Thomas Merton. Uniquely organized by subject rather than by author, The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism explores how human life is...