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Country France Series Vol. I and Vol. II Genre Non-fiction OCLC 459887292 | 4.6/5 Goodreads Language French Originally published 23 January 2013 Subject Christian theology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title Les Trois Ages de la Vie Interieure Translator Timothea Doyle (1947-48) Followed by 'The Three Ways of the Spiritual Life (1938) Similar Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange books, Non-fiction books, Catholic Church books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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)). 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.