#345: Chs. 9-10, Book II, The Ascent of Mount Carmel by St. John of the Cross

Updated and corrected. The Ascent of Mount Carmel continues, as St. John describes how faith will lead to understanding and the union with God. Then there’s an interesting discussion of spiritual vs. natural understanding, and what types of knowledge go where.

I know a lot of this must be traditional theology/philosophy, but you don’t run across this sort of thing in books today. It’s interesting; sort of a mini spiritual neuropsych course. 🙂

Chs. 9-10: How faith is the proximate and proportionate means of the understanding whereby the soul may attain to the Divine union of love. Wherein distinction is made between all apprehensions and types of knowledge which can be comprehended by the understanding.

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