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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Softcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> THE origin of this book was a series of lectures on ‘Mystical Theology in the Fathers’ given in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. Shortly afterwards Mother Jane SLG very kindly asked me if I would repeat the course at the Convent of the Incarnation in Oxford for the benefit of those Sisters of the Love of God who wished to hear them. A gratifyingly large number did. Since then the lectures have been revised and rewritten and later stages of the book have been given as talks at the Convent of the Incarnation and also to the Sisters of the Precious Blood at Burnham Abbey. I owe a very great deal to these opportunities of sharing my thoughts with them and responding to their questions and criticisms. The circle of indebtedness extends much wider but there are various particular debts of which I’am especially conscious. In the chapter on Philo I received help and encouragement from Dr C. T. R. Hayward now at the University of Durham and Robin Lane Fox now at New College; Dr O. M. T. O’Dono-van now at Wycliffe College Toronto read an early version of the chapter on Augustine and made many acute and helpful observations; Sister Jocelyn Mary SLG gave me much help in understanding the doctrine of the Dark Night in St. John of the Cross. Naturally none of them is responsible for the use I have made of their ideas. I was also greatly helped by being able to count on the accurate and intelligent typing of Mrs Anne Borg (LL)