On Cleaving to God
A medieval devotional treatise attributed to Albert the Great on the soul's pursuit of union with God through detachment from created things and wholehearted devotion. It teaches that true blessedness comes from cleaving to God alone with undivided love and attention.
17 Chapters
Table of Contents
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00 Albert - On Cleaving to God
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01 On the highest and supreme perfection of man
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02 How one can cling to Christ alone
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03 What perfection of man consist of in this life
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04 man's activity purely in intellect not senses
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05 On purity of heart above all things
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06 devout man should cleave to God
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07 How the heart should be gathered within itself
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08 How religious man should commit himself to God
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09 How much contemplation of God is preferred
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10 not tangible devotion but cleaving to God
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11 How one should resist temptations & bear trials
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12 - How powerful the love of God is
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13 nature & value of prayer
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14 we should seek verdict of conscience
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15 How contempt of himself, useful it is
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16 - How God's Providence includes everything