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Discover the heart of religious life through its rules, vows, and daily practice.
This foundational work examines what truly defines a religious person and how obedience shapes a community. It blends careful analysis with practical reflections on living a life of faith, chastity, and poverty modeled on Benedictine tradition.
This edition emphasizes the central role of obedience, its ethical boundaries, and the four qualities that should grace religious obedience: blind, courageous, entire, and persevering. It also explores how a religious body stays united under law, and how grace and merit interact with daily duties in the life of faith.- Learn why obedience is described as the essence of religious life and how it anchors individual and community life.
- Understand the four key qualities of obedience and why each matters for sustained faithfulness.
- See how the Benedictine Rule informs modern religious practice and the discipline of daily duties.
- Explore the broader topics of grace, merit, and the rising questions about certainty in faith.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book sets out to examine perfection, its nature and purpose, and the means by which it may be attained. The author unpacks important concepts in Christian spirituality such as charity, detachment, mortification, poverty, chastity, and obedience. Drawing from both the Old and New Testaments, as well as the writings of the Church Fathers and other spiritual writers, the author presents a comprehensive guide to pursuing spiritual perfection. In so doing, they place the nature and pursuit of perfection within the broader context of Christian living and the Christian life more broadly. The author maintains that perfection is made up of three elements: charity, purity of heart, and humility. This book will be of interest to clergy, religious, and lay people alike. It offers a rich and nuanced exploration of spiritual perfection and the means by which men and women can draw nearer to God. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781330917046_0
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