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Meister Eckhart, teacher and preacher

edited by Bernard McGinn with the collaboration of Frank Tobin and Elvira Borgstadt ; preface by Kenneth Northcott

(The classics of Western spirituality)

Paulist Press, c1986

  • : pbk
  • : hard

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Includes bibliographies and indexes

Contents of Works

  • Eckhart the teacher / translated by Bernard McGinn, Commentary on Exodus. Selections from the Commentary on the Book of wisdom, from the Sermons and lectures on Ecclesiasticus, and from the Commentary on John
  • Eckhart the preacher. Latin sermons / translated by Bernard McGinn. German sermons / translated by Frank Tobin
  • The "Sister Catherine" treatise / translated by Elvira Borgstädt

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Volume

: hard ISBN 9780809103775

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The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted!In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American traditions have been critically selected, translated and introduced by internationally recognized scholars and spiritual leaders. The texts are first-rate, and the introductions are informative and reliable. The books will be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of every literate religious persons". -- The Christian Century
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: pbk ISBN 9780809128273

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"Bargains in books are rare today, but one would be hard put to find in American publishing anything superior to these in content and format." The Parish Visitor Meister Eckhart: Teacher and Preacher edited by Bernard McGinn with the collaboration of Frank Tobin and Elvira Borgstadt preface by Kenneth Northcott "When this temple is thus free of all obstacles, namely, possessiveness and ignorance, then it sparkles so beautifully and shines so purely and bright above everything that God created and through everything that God created that no one can be compared to it in brightness but the uncreated God alone...If the soul of a man still living in time were standing on the same level as the highest angel, this person could reach immeasurable higher in his free capability above the angel in ever 'now', new beyond number, that is, and beyond manner and above the manner of the angels and any created intellect." Meister Eckhart (c.1260-1327) Here are the texts that illustrate the diversity of one of the most enigmatic and influential mystics of the Western Christian tradition. Eckhart the teacher is represented by the Commentary on Exodus and by selections from six other commentaries, including the Commentary on Wisdom 7:14, the Commentary on Ecclesiasticus 24:29, and the Commentary on John 14:8. Eckhart's ministry as a preacher was an equally important part of the man, and thus his sermons, from both the Latin and the Middle High German manuscripts, are included. What emerges is a comprehensive picture of the works of this great speculative theologian. Together with Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries and Treatises, this work form the most extensive corpus of Eckhart's writings in English.

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