Spiritual Progress
François Fenelon's devotional guide to contemplative prayer and deeper communion with God.
27 Chapters
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER I: Introduction. That all are called to prayer, and by the aid of ordinary
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CHAPTER II: 1. First degree of prayer, practised in two ways; one by reading and
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CHAPTER III: 1. Method of meditative prayer for those who cannot read;
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CHAPTER IV: 1. Second degree of prayer, called here "The prayer of simplicity." At
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CHAPTER V: On various matters occurring in or belonging to the degree of prayer,
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CHAPTER VI: 1, 2. On the abandonment of self to God, its fruit, and its
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CHAPTER VII: 1. On suffering: that it should be accepted from the hand of God.
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CHAPTER VIII: 1. On mysteries; God gives them in this state in reality.
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CHAPTER X: 1. On mortification: that it is never perfect when it is solely
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CHAPTER XI: 1. On the perfect conversion which is the result of this kind of
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CHAPTER XII: 1. Another and more exalted degree of prayer, the prayer of the simple
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CHAPTER XIV: 1,2. On interior silence; its reason; God recommends it.
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CHAPTER XV: 1,2. On the examination of conscience; how it is performed in this
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CHAPTER XVII: 1. On petitions; those which are self-originated cease; and their place
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CHAPTER XIX: 1. On distractions and temptations; the remedy for them is to turn to
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CHAPTER XX: 1,2. Prayer divinely explained as a devotional sacrifice, under the
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CHAPTER XXI: The objections of slothfulness and inactivity made to this form of
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CHAPTER XXII: 1-6. Distinction between inward and outward acts; in this state the
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CHAPTER XXIII: 1,2. The barrenness of preaching, vice, error, heresies, and all sorts
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CHAPTER XXIV: On the passive way to Divine Union.
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CHAPTER II: THE SECOND DEGREE: THE EFFECTUAL TOUCH IN THE WILL.
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CHAPTER III: THE THIRD DEGREE: PASSIVITY AND INTERIOR SACRIFICE.
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CHAPTER IV: THE FOURTH DEGREE: NAKED FAITH.
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CHAPTER V: THE FIFTH DEGREE: MYSTICAL DEATH.
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CHAPTER I: THE RESURRECTION.
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CHAPTER II: THE LIFE IN GOD.
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CHAPTER III: THE TRANSFORMATION.