The Three Ages of the Interior Life

The Three Ages of the Interior Life
Author Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
Original title Les Trois Ages de la Vie Interieure
Translator Timothea Doyle (1947-48)
Country France
Language French
Series Vol. I and Vol. II
Subject Christian theology
Genre Non-fiction
Published 1938 and 1939 by Éditions du Cerf
OCLC 459887292
Followed by 'The Three Ways of the Spiritual Life (1938)

The Three Ages of the Interior Life : Prelude of Eternal Life (Les Trois Ages de la Vie Interieure) is a book written by French theologian Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, published in 1938 and 1939 in two volumes, while teaching at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome from 1909 to 1960.[1]

Description

The book explains the entire Catholic tradition on the interior life as well as spiritual life covering virtually all aspects of the faith. Composed of 95 chapters, it is a synthesis of Garrigou Lagrange's earlier works, Christian Perfection and Contemplation (Perfection chrétienne et contemplation (1923)) and Love of God and the Cross of Jesus (L'amour de Dieu et la Croix de Jésus (1929)).[2] It is widely regarded as a classic of modern theological literature.

In the book he propounded the thesis that infused contemplation and the resulting mystical life are in the normal way of holiness of Christian perfection. This influenced the section entitled "Chapter V: The Universal Call to Holiness in the Church" in the Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen gentium.[3]

Bibliography

  • Traité de théologie ascétique et mystique. Les Trois âges de la vie intérieure, prélude de celle du ciel, Tome Ier, Les Éditions du Cerf, 1938. (Original French edition)
  • Traité de théologie ascétique et mystique. Les Trois âges de la vie intérieure, prélude de celle du ciel, Tome II, Les Éditions du Cerf, 1939. (Original French edition)
  • The Three Ages of the Interior Life : Prelude of Eternal Life, Vols. One and Two. B. Herder Book Co., 1947. ASIN B000IY1DE0.
  • The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life (2 Vols.). TAN Books, 1991. ISBN 0895552477.
  • The Three Ages of the Interior Life Vol. 1. CreateSpace Independent Pub., 2013. ISBN 1492390976.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Translator's Preface". The Three Ages of the Interior Life, Catholic Spiritual Teaching. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
  2. ↑ "The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Preface". Catholic Spiritual Teaching. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  3. ↑ Mullady, Brian, O.P.. "Rehabilitation of Garrigou-Lagrange". Retrieved 2012-07-26.
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