The Elements of the Spiritual Life - Softcover

Harton, Fr. Frederic Percy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 151960050X ISBN 13: 9781519600509

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Reproduction of 1936 edition of book. "My aim in writing this book has been to give to my brethren of the Anglican Communion what we do not at present possess, a comprehensive study of the Christian spiritual life. The need of such a work is becoming increasingly clear; there are signs in many quarters of a real desire for the spiritual life, and priests are beginning to discover the vital and practical importance of a knowledge of ascetical theology. . . . "The plan of the book is simple. Part I deals with the action of God in the soul by grace; Part II with the human resistance to the divine will and the means whereby that resistance may be overcome; Part III is a brief outline of the divine economy of the sacraments; Part IV is concerned with the life of prayer, and in Part V we consider the end of the spiritual life and the ways by which that end may be reached, concluding with a chapter on the guidance of souls with some consideration of the qualities of the ideal director." --from the Preface

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About the Author

Frederic Percy Harton, AKC, BD (1889–1958) was an Anglican priest and author during the Twentieth century. He was born on 10 June 1889 and educated at King's College, London and Bishop's College, Cheshunt; and ordained Deacon in 1913 and Priest in 1914. After curacies in Hornsey and Stroud Green he was Vicar of Ardeley from 1922 to 1926. He was at St Paul, Colombo from 1926 to 1927 then Warden of the Sisters of Charity, Knowle, Bristol. He was then Vicar of Baulking from 1936 to 1951. Later heserved as Dean of Wells (1951–1958). He is known essentially for a frequently republished guide to the spiritual life addressed to an Anglican readership but drawing significantly on seventeenth and eighteenth century French and Italian Catholic works of spiritual direction. He died on 3 November 1958.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 151960050X
• ISBN 13: 9781519600509
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 364