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The Mystical Element Of Religion As Studied In Saint Catherine Of Genoa And Her Friends, Volume 1
Introduction and Biographies
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The Mystical Element Of Religion As Studied In Saint Catherine Of Genoa And Her Friends, Volume 1: Introduction and Biographies
1909, London, J.M. Dent & Co., New York, E.P. Dutton & Co.
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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
PART I. — INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. — THE THREE CHIEF FORCES OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 3-49
Introductory 3-10
I. The First of the Three Forces : Hellenism, the Thirst for Richness and Harmony 10-25
II. The Second of the Three Forces : Christianity, the Revelation of Personality and Depth 25-39
III. The Third Force : Science, the Apprehension and Conception of Brute Fact and Iron Law 39-48
IV. Summing up : Hellenism or Harmonization, Christianity or Spiritual Experience, and Science or Acceptance of a Preliminary Mechanism, all three necessary to Man 45-49
CHAPTER II. - THE THREE ELEMENTS OF RELIGION 50-82
Introductory 50
I. The Three Elements, as they successively appear in the Child, the Youth, and the Adult Man 50-53
II. Each Element ever accompanied by some amount of the other two. Difficulty of the Transition from one Stage to the other 53-55
III. Parallels to this Triad of Religious Elements 55-58
IV. Distribution of the Three Elements amongst Mankind and throughout Human History 58 -65
V. Causes operative in all Religion towards ininimizins[ or suppressing one or other Element, or towards denying the need of any Multiplicity 65-70
VI. The Special Motives operating in each Element towards the suppression of the other Elements 70-77
VII. Three Final Objections to such a conception of Religion, and their Answers 77-82
Part II. — BIOGRAPHICAL
CHAPTER III. — CATHERINE FIESCA ADORNA'S LIFE, UP TO HER CONVERSION ; AND THE CHIEF PECULIARITIES PREDOMINANT THROUGHOUT HER CONVERT YEARS 85-127
Introductory 85, 86
I. Proposed Study of the Mystical- Volitional Element in a Particular, Concrete Instance : St. Catherine of Genoa 86-90
II. The Materials and Aids towards such a Study 90-93
III. Peculiarities of the Genoese Climate and Geographical Position ; of the Ligurian Character ; and of the Times into which Catherine was bom. Her Family, Father and Mother 93-97
IV. Catherine's Life, up to the Preliminaries of her Conversion : Autumn 1447 to Mid-March 1474 97-104
V. Her Conversion, with its immediate Preliminaries and Consequences, March 1474 104-109
VI. The Two Conceptions concerning the Character and Rationale of her Penitential Period and of her whole Convert Life. The Position adopted here 109-113
VII. Catherine and the Holy Eucharist 113-116
VIII. Catherine and Confession and Direction 117-123
IX. Catherine and Indulgences 123-126
X. Peculiarities concerning the Invocation of Saints and Intercessory Prayer 126, 127
CHAPTER IV. — CATHERINE'S LIFE FROM 1473 TO 1506, AND ITS MAIN CHANGES AND GROWTH 128-174
I. First Period of Catherine's Convert Life: Giuliano's Bankruptcy and Conversion ; their Work among the Poor, March 1473 to May 1477 128-131
II. Catherine and Tommasa Fiesca : their Difference of Character and attrait, Peculiarity of Catherine's Penitence and Health during this Time 131-133
III. Change in the Temper of Catherine's Penitence, from May 1474 onwards 133-135
IV. Catherine's Great Fasts 135-137
V. Second, Central Period of Catherine's Convert Life, 1477-1499 : its Special Spiritual Features. 138-141
VI. Catherine and Giuliano move into the Hospital in 1479, never again to quit it. She is Matron from 1490 to 1495. 141-143
VII. Catherine and the Plague. The Outbreak of 1493. 143-1455
VIII. Catherine and Ettore Vernazza, 1493-1495 I45-I47
IX. Catherine's Health breaks down, 1496 ; other Events of the same Year 147-149
X. Events of 1497 149-154
XI. Beginning of her Third, Last Period ; End of the Extraordinary Fasts ; First Relations with Don Marabotto 155-159
XII. Her Conversations with her Disciples ; "Caterina Serafina." Don Marabotto and the Possessed Maid 159-162
XIII. Catherine's Sympathy with Animal- and Plant-Life: her Love of the Open Air. Her Deep Self-knowledge as to the Healthiness or Morbidness of her Psycho-physical States 163-166
XIV. Catherine's Social Joys and Sorrows, 1501-1507 166-174
CHAPTER V. — CATHERINE'S LAST FOUR YEARS, 1506-1510. SKETCH OF HER CHARACTER, DOCTRINE, AND SPIRIT 175-250
I. Catherine's External Interests and Activities up to May
1510. Occasional slight Deviations from her old Balance. Immensely close Inter-connection of her whole Mental and Psycho-physical Nature. Impressions as connected with the Five Senses 175-181
II. More or less Maladif Experiences and Actions 182-200
III. Catherine's History from May to September 9, 1510 200-211
IV. The Last Six Days of Catherine's Life, September 10-15 211-219
V. Sketch of Catherine's Spiritual Character and Significance 220-250
CHAPTER VI. — CATHERINE'S DOCTRINE 251-294
Introductory 251-260
I. God as Creative Love. The Creature's True and False Self ; True and False Love 260-266
II. Sin, Purification, Illumination 266-272
III. The Three Categories and the Two Ways 273-280
IV. The Other Worlds 281-294
CHAPTER VII. — CATHERINE'S REMAINS AND CULTUS ; THE FATE OF HER TWO PRIEST FRIENDS AND OF HER DOMESTICS; AND THE REMAINING HISTORY OF ETTORE VERNAZZA 295-335
Introductory 295, 296
I. The Burial and the Events immediately surrounding it. September 15 to December 10, 1510 296-300
II. The Different Removals of the Remains, and the Chief Stages of her Official Cultus 300-306
III. The Fate of Catherine's Priest Friends 307-311
IV. The Fate of Catherine's Three Maid-servants 311-314
V. The Two Vernazzas : their Debt to Catherine, and Catherine's Debt to them 311-315
VI. Ettore Vernazza's Life, from 1509 to 1512 316-321
VII. Ettore in Rome and Naples; his Second Will; his Work in the Genoese Prisons 321-329
VIII. Ettore again in Naples ; his Death in Genoa, June 1524 ; Peculiarities of his Posthumous Fame 329-335
CHAPTER VIII. — BATTISTA VERNAZZA'S LIFE 336-367
Introductory 336, 337
I. Battista's Life, from April 1497 to June 1510 337-339
II. Battista and her God-father, Tommaso Moro 339-344
III. Battista's Colloquies, November 1554 To Ascension Day 1555 344-358
IV. Some further Letters of Battista, 1575-1581 358-366
V. Battista's Death, May 1587 366, 367
CONCLUSION TO VOLUME I
Wherein lies the Secret of Spiritual Persuasiveness 367-370
APPENDIX TO PART II
CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MATERIALS FOR THE RE-CONSTITUTION OF SAINT CATHERINE'S LIFE AND TEACHING 371-466
Introduction : The Three Laws that govern the Growth of Religious Biography ; Complexity of the Materials for Catherine's Life 371-376
FIRST DIVISION : ACCOUNT AND ANALYSIS OF THE DOCUMENTS PREVIOUS, AND IMMEDIATELY SUBSEQUENT TO, THE "VITA E DOTTRINA" WITH THE "DICCHIARAZIONE," IN SEVEN STAGES 376-433
I. FIRST STAGE: AUGUST 1456 TO SEPTEMBER 12, 15 10, ALL LEGAL 376-380
II. Second Stage: Five further Official and Legal Documents, 1511-1526; and Four Mortuary Dates, 1524-1587 380,381
III. Third Stage : Bishop Giustiniano's Account of Catherine's Life, Remains, and Biography, 1537 382-384
IV. Fourth Stage : The Two Oldest Extant Manuscripts of the "Vita e Dottrina" with the "Dicchiarazione." Manuscript A (October 1547 to February 1548}, and Manuscript B 384-395
V. Fifth Stage: Manuscript C (copy of a MSS. of 1550?), first appearance of the "Dialogo," "Chapter" First 395-410
VI. Sixth Stage: First Printed Edition of the "Vita-Dottrina-Dicchiarazione," 1551 ; Examination of all it possesses in addition to Manuscripts A, B, and C, apart from the "Dialogo" 411-417
VII. Seventh Stage : The Second "Chapter" of the "Dialogue" which appears for the first time in the Printed "Vita", 1551 417-424
VIII. Seventh Stage continued : Minute Analysis of one Passage from the Second "Chapter" 424-427
IX. Seventh Stage concluded : Character and Authorship of this Second "Chapter" 427-433
SECOND DIVISION: ANALYSIS, ASSIGNATION, AND APPRAISEMENT OF THE "VITA-DOTTRINA-DICCHIARAZIONE" CORPUS, IN EIGHT SECTIONS 433-466
I. The "Dicchiarazione": the Two Stages of its Existence 434-440
II. The Earlier "Dicchiarazione," and its Theological Glosses 440-447
III. Five Conclusions concerning the History of the "Dicchiarazione" 447-449
IV. The "Vita"-Proper, its Divisions and Parts, and its Chief Secondary and Authentic Constituents 449-453
V. Age and Authorship of the Literature retained 453-457
VI. Analysis of the Conversion - Narratives 458-462
VII. The Sayings - Passages : Three Tests for discriminating Authentic from Secondary Sayings 462, 463
VIII. Conclusion : At least Six Stages in the Upbuilding of the Complete Book of 1551. The Slight Changes introduced since then. First Claims to Authorship for 427-433
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