The Mystical Theology of the Catholic Reformation An Overview of Baroque Spirituality

by Pereira, Jose; Fastiggi, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780761835134
• ISBN10: 076183513X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-17
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

The Mystical Theology of the Catholic Reformation offers a comprehensive overview and panorama of the Baroque achievement in Scholastic philosophy, systematics, positive theology, scriptural exegesis, and sacred oratory. The principal theme focuses on the spirituality of the religious orders (with special attention on their Baroque representatives), in particular to the 'major orders of the Baroque age the Jesuits, Oratorians, and Carmelites.

Author Biography

Jose Pereira is Professor Emeritus of Theology at Fordham University Robert Fastiggi is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
PROLEGOMENON: PANORAMA OF BAROQUE THEOLOGY	1	(2)
Chapter 1. Baroque Scholasticism	3	(34)
1. INQUIRY INTO CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE	3	(1)
2. METHODICAL CLASSIFICATION OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES	4	(2)
3. INVESTIGATION INTO THEOLOGY'S PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS	6	(2)
4. THEOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS: COMMENTARIAL METHOD	8	(2)
5. THEOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS: ORGANIC METHOD	10	(6)
6. PHILOSOPHICAL SYNTHESIS: COMMENTARIAL METHOD	16	(1)
7. PHILOSOPHICAL SYNTHESIS: ORGANIC METHOD	17	(6)
8. INTEGRATION OF PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS INTO A SINGLE SUPER-SYSTEM	23	(7)
9. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MORAL THEOLOGY	30	(1)
10. SYSTEMATIZATION OF MORAL THEOLOGY	30	(4)
11. SYSTEMATIZATION OF MYSTICAL THEOLOGY	34	(3)
Chapter 2. Baroque Modernity	37	(8)
1. THE DECLINE OF ARISTOTELIANISM	37	(1)
2. RATIONALISM AND EMPIRICISM	38	(1)
3. ADVERSARIES OF RATIONALISM	39	(6)
Chapter 3. Baroque Positive Theology	45	(14)
1. BIBLICAL EXEGESIS	45	(8)
2. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY	53	(1)
3. PATRISTICS	54	(5)
Chapter 4. Baroque Sacred Oratory	59	(6)
1. PATRISTIC ORATORY	59	(1)
2. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ORATORY	60	(1)
3. SPANISH RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ORATORY	61	(1)
4. PORTUGUESE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ORATORY	62	(1)
5. FRENCH BAROQUE ORATORY	63	(2)
Chapter 5. Unfolding of Baroque Spirituality	65	(8)
1. SANCTITY AND PERFECTION	65	(1)
2. SEEKERS OF PERFECTION	66	(2)
3. CLASSIFICATION OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS & THEIR MYSTICAL SYSTEMS	68	(5)
SECTION 1 SPIRITUALITY OF THE MONASTIC ORDERS	73	(26)
Chapter 6. Benedictine Spirituality	75	(8)
INTRODUCTION: THE BENEDICTINE ORDER AND ITS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIANS	75	(1)
1. BASIC THEMES OF BENEDICTINE SPIRITUALITY	76	(2)
2. BAROQUE BENEDICTINES: BLOSIUS AND BAKER	78	(5)
Chapter 7. Cistercian Spirituality	83	(10)
INTRODUCTION: THE CISTERCIAN ORDER AND ITS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIANS	83	(1)
1. BASIC ELEMENTS OF CISTERCIAN SPIRITUALITY	84	(1)
2. THEMES OF CISTERCIAN MEDITATION	85	(1)
3. BAROQUE CISTERCIANS: BONA AND RANCÉ	86	(7)
Chapter 8. Carthusian Spirituality	93	(6)
INTRODUCTION: THE CARTHUSIAN ORDER AND ITS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIANS	93	(1)
1. BASIC THEMES OF THE CARTHUSIAN SPIRITUALITY	94	(1)
2. BAROQUE CARTHUSIANS: LANSPERGIUS TO LE MASSON	95	(4)
SECTION 2 SPIRITUALITY OF THE MENDICANT FRIARS	99	(36)
Chapter 9. Franciscan Spirituality	103	(14)
INTRODUCTION: THE FRANCISCAN ORDER AND ITS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIANS	103	(2)
1. CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS OF FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALITY	105	(5)
2. BAROQUE FRANCISCANS: ALONSO DE MADRID TO JUAN DE LOS ANGELES	110	(3)
3. CAPUCHIN SPIRITUALITY	113	(4)
Chapter 10. Dominican Spirituality	117	(18)
INTRODUCTION: THE DOMINICAN ORDER AND ITS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIANS	117	(3)
1. MAJOR THEMES OF DOMINICAN SPIRITUALITY	120	(3)
2. MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE DOMINICAN SPIRITUALITY	123	(5)
3. BAROQUE DOMINICANS: LUIS DE GRANADA TO LOUIS CHARDON	128	(7)
SECTION 3 SPIRITUALITY OF THE CLERICS REGULAR	135	(30)
Chapter 11. Augustinian Spirituality	137	(12)
INTRODUCTION: THE AUGUSTINIAN ORDER AND ITS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIANS	137	(1)
1. AUGUSTINIAN FOCUS ON CHARITY	138	(3)
2. DEGREES OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE	141	(2)
3. BAROQUE AUGUSTINIANS: TOMÉ DE JESUS AND LUIS DE LEÓN	143	(6)
Chapter 12. Theatine Spirituality	149	(8)
INTRODUCTION: THE THEATINE ORDER AND ITS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIANS	149	(3)
1. SACERDOTAL, MONASTIC AND APOSTOLIC ASPECTS OF THEATINE SPIRITUALITY	152	(2)
2. LORENZO SCUPOLI AND THE SPIRITUAL COMBAT	154	(1)
3. OTHER ASPECTS OF THEATINE SPIRITUALITY	155	(2)
Chapter 13. Barnabite Spirituality	157	(8)
INTRODUCTION: THE BARNABITE ORDER AND ITS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIANS	157	(4)
1. CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS OF BARNABITE SPIRITUALITY	161	(1)
2. OTHER FEATURES OF BARNABITE SPIRITUALITY	162	(3)
SECTION 4 SPIRITUALITY OF THE MAJOR ORDERS OF THE BAROQUE AGE	165	(56)
Chapter 14. Jesuit Spirituality	167	(26)
INTRODUCTION: THE JESUIT ORDER AND ITS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIANS	167	(2)
1. MAIN ASPECTS OF JESUIT SPIRITUALITY	169	(2)
2. THE SIX PHASES OF JESUIT SPIRITUALITY	171	(2)
3. PROTAGONISTS OF JESUIT MYSTICISM	173	(3)
4. JESUIT SYSTEMATICIANS OF THE MYSTICAL LIFE	176	(7)
5. FRENCH JESUIT MYSTICS: FROM COTON TO CAUSSADE	183	(10)
Chapter 15. Oratorian Spirituality	193	(28)
INTRODUCTION: THE ORATORIAN ORDER AND ITS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIANS	193	(23)
1. THE SPIRITUALITY OF PHILIP NERI	197	(3)
2. BASIC THEMES OF ORATORIAN SPIRITUALITY	200	(1)
3. FRANÇOIS DE SALES, FORERUNNER OF FRENCH ORATORIAN SPIRITUALITY	201	(3)
3. THE SPIRITUALITY OF PIERRE DE BÉRULLE: THE GRANDEURS OF JESUS	204	(4)
4. THE SPIRITUALITY OF CONDREN: SACRIFICIAL ANNIHILATION	208	(2)
5. OLIER AND ADHERENCE TO CHRIST	210	(1)
6. OTHER ORATORIAN AND SULPICIAN WRITERS	211	(1)
7. EUDES AND ALACOQUE: DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART	212	(1)
8. LOUIS DE MONFORT AND TRUE DEVOTION TO MARY	213	(1)
9. ORATORIAN SPIRITUAL WRITERS IN PORTUGAL AND INDIA	214	(2)
10. HIGH BAROQUE SPIRITUALITY: FÉNELON AND BOSSUET	216	(5)
SECTION 5 BAROQUE CLIMAX: CARMELITE SPIRITUALITY	221	(40)
Chapter 16. Calced Carmelite Spirituality	223	(6)
INTRODUCTION: THE CARMELITE ORDER AND ITS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIANS	223	(2)
1. CHARACTERISTICS OF CALCED CARMELITE SPIRITUALITY	225	(2)
2. CALCED CARMELITE DEVOTIONS	227	(2)
Chapter 17. Discalced Carmelite Spirituality	229	(8)
1. PHASES IN THE EVOLUTION OF DISCALCED CARMELITE SPIRITUALITY	229	(2)
2. COMMON FEATURES OF DISCALCED CARMELITE SPIRITUALITY	231	(1)
3. DISCALCED CARMELITE DOCTRINE OF PRAYER	232	(2)
4. FROM MEDITATION TO CONTEMPLATION	234	(3)
Chapter 18. Teresa of Ávila, 1515-1582	237	(8)
1. LIFE, WORKS AND SOURCES OF DOCTRINE	237	(2)
2. THREE CYCLES OF TERESA'S MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE	239	(1)
3. SYNTHESIS OF TERESIAN MYSTICAL DOCTRINE	240	(5)
Chapter 19. John of the Cross, 1542-1591	245	(16)
1. LIFE, SOURCES OF DOCTRINE AND WORKS	245	(8)
2. ANALYSIS OF JOHN'S MAJOR WRITINGS	253	(6)
3. SEVEN ELEMENTS OF JOHN'S MYSTICAL THOUGHT	259	(1)
4. FIVE CONCEPTUAL CATEGORIES OF JOHN'S SPIRITUALITY	260	(1)
5. FOUR MODES OF PERFECTION IN JOHN'S MYSTICAL THEOLOGY	260	(1)
CONCLUSION	261	(2)
EPILOGUE	263	(10)
ENDNOTES	273	(12)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY	285	(6)
ABOUT THE AUTHORS	291	(2)
INDEX	293