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The Practice Of Christian And Religious Perfection, Volume 2

The Practice Of Christian And Religious Perfection, Volume 1 The Practice Of Christian And Religious Perfection, Volume 2 [you are here] The Practice Of Christian And Religious Perfection, Volume 3 CONTENTS OF VOL. II. Alphonsus Rodriguez to the Reader, 1 THE FIRST TREATISE. On Mortification. Chap. I. — That we must join mortification to prayer, to be a help one to the other, 3 II. — In what mortification consists, and how necessary it is, 10 III. — That one of the greatest punishments God inflicts upon man, is to give him up to his own desires; and permit him to follow his own passions, 14 IV. — Of the hatred of ourselves, and of the spirit of mortification and peaance it produces, 16 V. — That our advancement in perfection depends upon mortification, 19 VI. — That mortification is peculiarly necessary for Religious, but above all, for those who are employed in the exercises of charity towards their neighbour, 21 VII. — Of two sorts of mortification and penance, 24 VIII. — That mortification is not a hatred of ourselves, but rather a true love of our soul, and even of our body also, 34 IX. — That he who mortifies not himself leads not the life of a christian, nor even of a man, 36

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