Оглавление:
translator's preface
introduction by Jean Danielou, S. J.
NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION
FROM GLORY TO GLORY:
TEXTS FROM
GREGORY OF NYSSA's MYSTICAL
WRITINGS
1.
THE MEANING OF
PERFECTION
2.
PERFECTION AND PROGRESS
3.
THE CYCLE OF DESIRE
4.
THE SYMBOL OF THE BRICK
MOULD
5.
THE LONGING FOR HEAVEN
6.
THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT
7.
CROSSING THE DESERT
8.
BREAD FROM HEAVEN
9.
AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT SINAI
10. PURIFICATION OF HEART
11. RECOLLECTION
12. THE TRUE BEAUTY
13. THE
GRACE OF THE
SPIRIT
14. RESTORING GOD'S IMAGE
15. ENTERING
THE DARK CLOUD
16. THE SYMBOL OF ABRAHAM'S MIGRATION
17. THE ABYSS OF KNOWLEDGE
18. THE HEAVENLY TABERNACLE
19. OUR EARTHLY TABERNACLE
20. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE PRIESTLY VESTMENTS
21. THE
DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL
PROGRESS
22. THE SYMBOL OF THE ROCK AND THE SAND
23. FOLLOWING THE LORD
24. SPIRITUAL LOVE
25. MYSTICAL MARRIAGE
26. THE SPIRITUAL SENSES
27. THE GOOD SHEPHERD
28. KNOW THYSELF
29. THE ODOR OF SPIKENARD
30. THE BUNDLE OF MYRRH
31. THE BIRTH OF THE WORD
32. THE MIRROR
OF THE SOUL
33. THE
EYES OF THE
DOVE
34. THE LILY OF THE VALLEY
35. THE
FRUIT OF THE
APPLE TREE
36. THE MYSTIC WINEPRESS
37. THE
ORDER OF CHARITY
38. THE WOUND
OF LOVE
39. THE
DIVINE OATH
40. THE
SPRINGTIME OF THE SPIRIT
41. "arise and come"
42.
"the winter is now past"
43.
from dove to dove
44.
the cleft of the rock
45.
the little foxes
46.
"forgetting the things that are behind"
47.
love's quest
48.
the pillar of smoke in the desert
49.
the guardians of the heart
50.
the doctrine of infinite growth
51. "come from libanus"
52.
the lions' den
53.
the mirror of the church
54.
the single eye
55.
an odor of sweetness
56.
the honeycomb
57.
the garment of virtue
58.
the garden enclosed
59.
the fountain sealed up
60.
the paradise of the soul
61.
THE POMEGRANATE
62.
THE SYMBOL OF SAFFRON
63.
THE SYMBOL OF CINNAMON
64.
THE WELL OF LIVING WATER
65.
THE FOOD OF THE BRIDEGROOM
66.
sober intoxication
67.
watchful sleep
68.
angelic vigilance
69.
bubbling spring
70.
the nocturnal dew
71.
the garment of the flesh
72.
the symbol of pure feet
73.
the myrrh of penance
74.
the door of the spirit
75.
the successive purifications
76.
the body of christ
77.
the new creation
78.
the symbol of closed eyes
79.
the mystical night of the soul
80.
the good samaritan
81.
"my beloved to me"
82.
the wings of the dove
83. "one is my dove"
notes on the texts by HerbertMusurillo, S.J.
