ENGLISH

The Cloud of Unknowing

By Anonymous

Book information

Publisher
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Year
2009
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1058639 bytes)
Pages
131\131
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2015-07-26 01:26:36
Theology Religion Mysticism Christian

Description

Some things never change, including the human need to connect with our creator. Prayer and meditation on the divine are techniques that have been used for millennia to grow in the knowledge of God. Cloud of Unknowing documents techniques used by the medieval monastic community to build and maintain that contemplative knowledge of God. Scholars date the anonymous authorship of Cloud of Unknowing to 1375, during the height of European monasticism. Written as a primer for the young monastic, the work is instructional, but does not have an austere didactic tone. Rather, the work embraces the reader with a maternal call to grow closer to God through meditation and prayer. Andrew Hanson CCEL Writer This edition features an artistic cover and a new promotional introduction.

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