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Latin & vernacular · c. 400–1500 CE

Western Christendom

The Latin West — scripture, the Church Fathers, monastic learning, and the scholastic synthesis of medieval Christendom.

Of the Contemplative Life

CatholicismScholasticismChristianityWestern ChristendomOn Prayer and the Contemplative LifeThomas AquinasHugh PopeScholasticMedievalEnglishTextLibrary

Hugh Pope's translation of Summa II-II Q.180 — Of the Contemplative Life (8 Articles).

Scholasticism Christianity Western Christendom On Prayer and the Contemplative Life Thomas Aquinas Hugh Pope Scholastic Medieval English Text

CatholicismScholasticismChristianityWestern ChristendomOn Prayer and the Contemplative LifeThomas AquinasHugh PopeScholasticMedievalEnglishTextLibrary

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Of the Active Life

CatholicismScholasticismChristianityWestern ChristendomOn Prayer and the Contemplative LifeThomas AquinasHugh PopeScholasticMedievalEnglishTextLibrary

Hugh Pope's translation of Summa II-II Q.181 — Of the Active Life (4 Articles).

Scholasticism Christianity Western Christendom On Prayer and the Contemplative Life Thomas Aquinas Hugh Pope Scholastic Medieval English Text

CatholicismScholasticismChristianityWestern ChristendomOn Prayer and the Contemplative LifeThomas AquinasHugh PopeScholasticMedievalEnglishTextLibrary

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Of the Comparison Between the Active and the Contemplative Life

CatholicismScholasticismChristianityWestern ChristendomOn Prayer and the Contemplative LifeThomas AquinasHugh PopeScholasticMedievalEnglishTextLibrary

Hugh Pope's translation of Summa II-II Q.182 — Of the Comparison Between the Active and the Contemplative Life (4 Articles).

Scholasticism Christianity Western Christendom On Prayer and the Contemplative Life Thomas Aquinas Hugh Pope Scholastic Medieval English Text

CatholicismScholasticismChristianityWestern ChristendomOn Prayer and the Contemplative LifeThomas AquinasHugh PopeScholasticMedievalEnglishTextLibrary

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On the Religious State

CatholicismScholasticismChristianityWestern ChristendomOn Prayer and the Contemplative LifeThomas AquinasHugh PopeScholasticMedievalEnglishTextLibrary

Hugh Pope's translation of Summa II-II Q.186 — On the Religious State (0 Articles).

Scholasticism Christianity Western Christendom On Prayer and the Contemplative Life Thomas Aquinas Hugh Pope Scholastic Medieval English Text

CatholicismScholasticismChristianityWestern ChristendomOn Prayer and the Contemplative LifeThomas AquinasHugh PopeScholasticMedievalEnglishTextLibrary

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