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The spiritual man: or, The spiritual life reduced to its first principles
1878, Burns and Oates
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CONTENTS
Preface. iii
Approbation.
VOLUME I.
Chapter I.
What is Man? 1
Section I. Conclusion. 6
Chapter II.
What is a Christian? 11
Section I. The Christian is a new creature. 14
Section 2. The Christian is holy in his dignity, and he ought to be holy in reality. 19
Section 3. In what consists a Christian manner of life. 24
Section 4. Same subject. 29
Section 5. The example of our Lord Jesus Christ. 33
Section 6. Our imitation. 37
Section 7. Of the indifference and obedience with which we ought to receive the movements of our Lord. 41
Section 8. Reasons to induce us to act as Christians, and to perform all our works in the spirit of Jesus Christ. 44
Section 9. Practice. 50
Chapter III.
What is a Spiritual Man? 54
Section 1. Continuation. 57
Section 2. What are the actions of a spiritual man? 59
Section 3. The truly spiritual man distinguished from the man who is spiritual only in appearance. 63
Section 4, The spiritual man leads a life above the senses. 68
Section 5. Other proofs of the same truth. 72
Section 6. Of the discernment of spirits. 77
Section 7. Particular marks to discern spirits. 81
Section 8. Danger of extraordinary ways. — Means of distinguishing the good from the bad. 87
Section 9. This truth confirmed by examples. 93
Section 10. Marks to distinguish visions and revelations. 97
Section 11. Other marks. 102
Section 12. Four important admonitions concerning visions and revelations. 106
Section 13. Discernment between the movements of nature and grace. 109
Section 14. More particular discernment. 113
Section 15. Conclusion. 119
Chapter IV.
Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost in general. 126
Section I. The effects of these gifts. 130
Section 2. Means of acquiring these gifts. 135
Section 3. Of the gift of fear. 137
Section 4. Of the gift of fortitude. 144
Section 5. Of the gift of piety 153
Section 6. Of the gift of counsel. 156
Section 7. Of the gift of knowledge. 160
Section 8. Of the gift of understanding. 165
Section 9. Of the gift of wisdom. 170
VOLUME II.
Chapter I.
First General Principle of the Spiritual Life. 181
Chapter II.
Second General Principle of the Spiritual Life. 185
Chapter III.
Third General Principle of the Spiritual Life. — The End of Man. 195
Section I. Signification of the word end. 197
Section 2. God being our end must necessarily be our perfection and beatitude. 198
Section 3. Another reason for this truth. 202
Section 4. Conclusion of this subject 203
Section 5. Means to arrive at this end. 204
Section 6. Signification of the word means. 206
Section 7. All creatures are to us means of salvation. 207
Section 8. Discernment is essential in the choice of means. 209
Section 9. Good use is necessary to means. 211
Section 10. Effects of the acquisition of this end. — First effect : The perfection of the soul. 213
Section 11. Second effect: Light of the understanding. 216
Section 12. Third effect : Peace of the will. 219
Section 13. Fourth effect: A just contempt of things here below. 221
Section 14. Fifth effect: A well regulated exterior. — Remarkable example of this truth. 224
Chapter IV.
Fourth General Principle.- — Union with Jesus Christ. 227
Section 1. Means to acquire union with our Lord. - 229
Section 2. In what consists this union, and the manner in which it ought to operate. 235
Section 3. Conclusion of this subject. 239
Chapter V.
Fifth General Principle of the Spiritual Life. — Purity of Intention. 244
Chapter VI.
Sixth General Principle. — Exercise of Faith in all Things. 249
Section 1. Qualities of faith. 254
Section 2. Why God obliges us to believe. 258
Section 3. Another prerogative of faith. 261
Section 4. Practice of faith. - 267
Section 5. Practice of faith more in detail. 270
Section 6. Practice of faith still more in detail. 273
Section 7. Conclusion of all that has been previously said in this chapter. 277
Chapter VII.
Seventh General Principle. — Continual Prayer. 280
Section 1. Necessity of prayer. 283
Section 2. Conclusion to be drawn from its necessity. 286
Section 3. Force of prayer. 291
Section 4. Conditions necessary to render prayer efficacious. 293
Section 5. Another condition. 295
Section 6. Affection and fervor in prayer. 300
Chapter VIII.
Eighth General Principle of the Spiritual Life — Peace of the Soul. 308
Section 1. In what we ought to practise peace. — In our particular actions with our neighbor. — In our desires, even those which are good. — In our losses. — In our imperfections and sins. — Of scruples. — Conclusion. 314
Section 2. Means for preserving peace of soul. 327
Section 3. Of the ways of God with men. 332
Section 4. The ways of God with souls are hidden. 335
Section 5. Why the ways of God are so hidden. 340
Section 6. The ways of God often seem contrary to their ends. 342
Section 7. The ways of God are often contrary to our desires. 348
Section 8. Why the ways of God are contrary to our wishes. 350
Section 9. Conclusion. 351
Section 10. Practice of peace. 358
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