INTERCESSION        

 

  Can we discover its nature,

is it a Gift or a Calling ?

 

 

A dissertation undertaken as part of my CCS studies with St.John's College...
Mary Newsom

Contents

Introduction

1

Examples from the Bible
Abraham,  Moses,  David,  Paul,  John 

2

Jesus - the Intercessor

3

The Trinity - the action of God in us

4

The Way of the Mystics
The Cloud of Unknowing,  St. Bernard of Clairvaux,   St Teresa of Avila,   St John of the Cross,   The Carthusians

5

Examples from the Twentieth Century
Rees Howells, Thomas Merton, Christopher Bryant       

6

The Imitation of Christ

7

Love Revealed                        Personal Experience and Conclusions.

 


Appendix 1  
Extra biographical material on Rees Howells and Thomas Merton

 

Appendix 2
My Journey into Intercession
      Part 1        Part 2

 

Bibliography

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