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Cleaving To God
St Albert the Great · d. 1280
- 1 Translator's Introduction
- 2 On the highest and supreme perfection of man, in so far as it is possible in this life.
- 3 How one can cling to and aim at Christ alone, disdaining everything else.
- 4 What the perfection of man consist of in this life.
- 5 How man's activity should be purely in the intellect and not in the senses.
- 6 On purity of heart which is to be sought above all things.
- 7 That the devout man should cleave to God with naked understanding and will.
- 8 How the heart should be gathered within itself.
- 9 How a religious man should commit himself to God in all circumstances whatsoever.
- 10 How much the contemplation of God is to be preferred to all other exercises.
- 11 That one should not be concerned about feeling tangible devotion so much as about cleaving to God with one's will.
- 12 How one should resist temptations and bear trials.
- 13 How powerful the love of God is.
- 14 The nature and value of prayer, and how the heart should be recollected within itself.
- 15 That we should seek the verdict of our conscience in every decision.
- 16 How contempt of himself can be produced in a man, and how useful it is.
- 17 How God's Providence includes everything.