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... VISIONS AND VOICES VIII . HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVE · 147 • 168 IX . SYMBOL AND RITUAL • 206 X. PROPHECY AND INSPIRATION · 225 XI . ILLUMINATION AND PROGRESS · · 246 XII . DIRECTION , CONFESSION , AND CASUISTRY • 265 XIII . MYSTICAL ...
... VISIONS AND VOICES VIII . HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVE · 147 • 168 IX . SYMBOL AND RITUAL • 206 X. PROPHECY AND INSPIRATION · 225 XI . ILLUMINATION AND PROGRESS · · 246 XII . DIRECTION , CONFESSION , AND CASUISTRY • 265 XIII . MYSTICAL ...
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... by the objection that the experiences of the apostolic age may not be compared with those of later times : it is main- Newman , Essay on Development , 94 . tained , for example , that the visions of St ON THE METHOD OF THE INQUIRY 7.
... by the objection that the experiences of the apostolic age may not be compared with those of later times : it is main- Newman , Essay on Development , 94 . tained , for example , that the visions of St ON THE METHOD OF THE INQUIRY 7.
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... visions of St Paul stand on quite a different footing from those of St Teresa.1 It may indeed turn out that the visions of St Paul are of a different character from those of the Spanish saint , but if that is the case , and the ...
... visions of St Paul stand on quite a different footing from those of St Teresa.1 It may indeed turn out that the visions of St Paul are of a different character from those of the Spanish saint , but if that is the case , and the ...
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... visions . The other alternative takes the Suppose that his experience is the breath away . more truly normal one ! The idea of the average must therefore be distinguished from the idea of the normal . 1 Preface to Life and Sermons of ...
... visions . The other alternative takes the Suppose that his experience is the breath away . more truly normal one ! The idea of the average must therefore be distinguished from the idea of the normal . 1 Preface to Life and Sermons of ...
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... vision and symbolism . A FEW years ago it would have been con- sidered extravagant to suggest that the soul had any secrets which lay beyond the reach of the discursive understanding . As against the mystic , the systematic thinker ...
... vision and symbolism . A FEW years ago it would have been con- sidered extravagant to suggest that the soul had any secrets which lay beyond the reach of the discursive understanding . As against the mystic , the systematic thinker ...
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