Teología de la Perfección Cristiana (4ᵃ ed.)

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from traditio-op.org:[Tomo 1](https://www.traditio-op.org/biblioteca/Royo-marin/teologia_de_%20la_perfeccion_cristiana_tomo_1.pdf)[Tomo 2](https://www.traditio-op.org/biblioteca/Royo-marin/teologia-de-la-perfeccion-cristiana-tomo_2.pdf)**T** **XT** & **EPUB** are a [DeepL](https://www.deepl.com/translator.html) Pro [NMT](https://www.deeplearningbook.org/contents/applications.html#pf1f) **complete English translation**. Incomplete English version [here](https://isidore.co/calibre/browse/book/6163); it lacks some §§, such as the last part on extraordinary mystical phenomena, and it's more in "prose" than [scholastic format](https://isidore.co/forum/index.php?topic=6.msg14#msg14).Apparently, [Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., said this work is even better than his](https://iteadthomam.blogspot.com/2012/07/best-manual-on-ascetical-and-mystical.html) [*Three Ages of the Interior Life*](https://isidore.co/calibre/browse/book/6076).[True Restoration Radio series based on this book](https://www.truerestoration.org/category/radio/catholic-spirituality) ([playlist](https://isidore.co/misc/Audiobooks/Theology%20of%20Christian%20Perfection%20\(Royo%20Mar%C3%ADn,%20O.P.\)/playlist.m3u))It's hard not being bound by vow of obedience ∵ the lay state has so much freedom and it's more difficult to know God's will in the concrete details. This is why Fr. Royo Marín, O.P., says laymen must have a " *plan de vita* " (PDF p. 388): > a) Para los seglares.—Viviendo como viven en el mundo, sin un superior a quien obedecer ni un reglamento a que someterse, apenas podrán evitar los inconvenientes de que acabamos de hablar sin un *plan de vida* aprobado por el director, y al que se sometan con la más exquisita puntualidad, al menos en la forma compatible con las mil circunstancias imprevistas que lleva consigo la vida en el mundo. p. 805 (PDF p. 423):> No obstante, es preciso añadir en favor del sexo débil que estas desventajas puramente somáticas están contrapesadas en la mujer por una abnegación y generosidad en el servicio de Dios incomparablemente superiores a las del varón. De hecho, todos los autores se ven obligados a admitir que a ellas les corresponde la mejor parte en la distribución divina de las gracias místicas. Quien negara este hecho pondría de manifiesto su ignorancia de [la historia de la espiritualidad cristiana](https://isidore.co/calibre#panel=book_details&book_id=7117).> [DeepL transl.:] However, it must be added in favor of the weaker sex that these purely somatic disadvantages are counterbalanced in women by a self-sacrifice and generosity in the service of God incomparably superior to those of men. In fact, all authors are forced to admit that women have the better share in the divine distribution of mystical graces. Anyone who denies this fact would be demonstrating ignorance of [the history of Christian spirituality](https://isidore.co/calibre#panel=book_details&book_id=7117).cf. Fr. Arintero's [*Mystical Evolution*](https://isidore.co/calibre#panel=book_details&book_id=5897) quote of Weiss on this same themealso: 2 Cor. 12:9: " *virtus* (δύναμίς) *in infirmitate* (ασθενεία) *perficitur* (τελειούται)", upon which [St. Thomas commentates](https://isidore.co/aquinas/SS2Cor.htm#123): "Mirus modus loquendi." ("This is a remarkable expression").