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It was put forth in the twelfth century in four moments: first taking a bite (lectio); then chewing on it (meditatio); next savoring the essence of it (oratio); and finally, digesting the Word and making it a part of the body (contemplatio).
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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Also: Hugh of St. Victor recalls Augustine's classification of rational vision into cogitatio, meditatio, and contemplatio: "cogitatio is bound to particular things, either to sensations or memories." back
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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It was put forth in the twelfth century in four moments: first taking a bite (lectio); then chewing on it (meditatio); next savoring the essence of it (oratio); and finally, digesting the Word and making it a part of the body (contemplatio).
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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It was put forth in the twelfth century in four moments: first taking a bite (lectio); then chewing on it (meditatio); next savoring the essence of it (oratio); and finally, digesting the Word and making it a part of the body (contemplatio).
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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Ubi verior contemplatio quam in solitudine? ubi studium solidius quam in quiete?
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According to the Schoolmen, if a contemplatio without images of the fancy is possible, and if the intellectus agens has, according to the nature of light, the special function to enlighten the fancies or
The Following of Christ. c. 1300-1361 1910
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He conceives that this view is based on the scholastic doctrine of the intellectus agens and the contemplatio pura.
The Following of Christ. c. 1300-1361 1910
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God, they always have in view the contemplatio in caligine.
The Following of Christ. c. 1300-1361 1910
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* Neque etiam in iis, qui a lapsu instaurantur, lasciviam ant pietatis injuriam procreat rediviva perseverantiae fiducia; sed multo majorem curam de viis Domini solicite custodiendis, quae praesparatae sunt ut in illis ambulando perseverantiae suae certitudinem retineant, ne propter paternae benignitatis abusum propitii Dei facies (cujus contemplatio piis vita dulcior, subductio morte acerbior) denuo ab ipsis avertatur, et sic in graviores animi cruciatus incidant.
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Neque etiam in iis, qui a lapsu instaurantur, lasciviam ant pietatis injuriam procreat rediviva perseverantiae fiducia; sed multo majorem curam de viis Domini solicite custodiendis, quae praesparatae sunt ut in illis ambulando perseverantiae suae certitudinem retineant, ne propter paternae benignitatis abusum propitii Dei facies (cujus contemplatio piis vita dulcior, subductio morte acerbior) denuo ab ipsis avertatur, et sic in graviores animi cruciatus incidant.
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