The perfection of man by charity: a spiritual treatise

The perfection of man by charity: a spiritual treatise

Author: Buckler, H. Reginald (Henry Reginald), 1840-1927

Year: 1889

CONTENTS BOOK I.— THE STUDY OF PERFECTION. Chap. page 1. The consideration of the end, 1 2. Union with God, our ultimate end, 11 3. The attainment of Perfection, our proximate end, 17 4. Our need of Humility, 36 5. The precept of Perfection, 52 6. Our Essential Perfection, 62 7. Instrumental and Accidental Perfection, 78 8. Religious Perfection, 96 BOOK II.— THE LIFE OF CHARITY. 1. The Natural and the Spiritual man, 137 2. The principle of the Spiritual man, 157 3. The increase of Charity, 169 4. The nourishment of Charity by Prayer, 191 5. The development of Charity by Mortification, 239 6. The right-ordering of Charity by Discretion, 269 7. Charity in action, 291 8. Charity in suffering, 318 9. The degrees of Charity, 332 10. The union of all virtues in Charity, 359 "WHEN THOU SHALT HAVE READ, AND SHALT KNOW MANY THINGS, THOU MUST ALWAYS RETURN TO ONE PRINCIPLE." ("Imit. of Christ," Biil, C 43.) Digitized by Google.