The cloud of unknowing and other works / translated with an introduction and notes by A.C. Spearing.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: English, Middle (1100-1500) Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: London : Penguin, 2001.Description: xlviii, 158 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 0140447628 (pbk.)
- 9780140447620 (pbk.)
- Cloud of unknowing.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 248.22 C647 | Available | 33111006216176 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Contains The Cloud of Unknowing, The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, The Book of Privy Counselling, and An Epistle on Prayer. Against a tradition of devotional writings which focussed on knowing God through Christ's Passion and his humanity, these texts describe a transcendent God who exists beyond human knowledge and human language. These four texts are at the heart of medival mystical theology in their call for contemplation, calm, and above all, love, as the way to understand the Divine.
Includes bibliography references (p. 143-157).
The mystical theology of St. Denis -- Here begins a book of contemplation called The cloud of unknowing, in which a soul is made one with God -- The book of privy counselling -- An epistle on prayer.
Translated from the Middle English.