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    On Union with God
    On Union with God
    On Union with God
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    On Union with God

    By Albertus Magnus

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    Release dateJan 9, 2000
    On Union with God
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    Albertus Magnus

    Albertus Magnus wird um 1200 in Lauingen an der Donau geboren und beginnt sein Studium in Padua, wo er auch 1223 dem Dominikanerorden beitritt. Seine exemplarische Gelehrsamkeit trägt ihm schon zu Lebzeiten den Titel „doctor universalis“ ein. Studien zur Theologie, Philosophie und Naturwissenschaft führen ihn über verschiedene europäische Universitäten nach Köln, wo Thomas von Aquin sein Schüler wird. 1260 wird Albertus zum Bischof von Regensburg ernannt, tritt aber schon zwei Jahre später von dieser Position zurück, um sich im Dominikanerkloster zu Köln wieder seinen Studien zu widmen. Zwischen 1254 und 1270 entstehen die Kommentare und Paraphrasen zu Aristoteles, das Buch über die fünf Allgemeinbegriffe und die Metaphysica, die bahnbrechend für die Entwicklung der aristotelischen Philosophie des Mittelalters sind. Albertus Magnus benutzt diese Darstellungen dabei sowohl zur Begründung des kirchlichen Dogmas wie auch zur Verteidigung des Rechts des Philosophen, die göttlichen Mysterien zu erforschen. Als erster in Westeuropa vermittelt er dem christlichen Mittelalter den Stand der arabischen und jüdischen Wissenschaften. In der Summa theologiae (entstanden nach 1270) räumt Albertus – wie schon in der Frühschrift De Homine – der Frage nach der Stellung des Menschen zu den Hauptsünden und der Möglichkeit, schuldig zu werden, breiten Raum ein. Auf Grund seines Ruhmes als Universalgelehrter ist seine Vermittlung in politisch-kirchlichen Rechtstreitigkeiten gefragt. Die Anerkennung des deutschen Königs Rudolf von Habsburg durch den Papst ist auf das Wirken Albertus zurückzuführen. In hohem Alter stirbt „Albert der Große“ 1280 in Köln.

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      On Union with God - Albertus Magnus

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      Title: On Union with God

      Author: Albertus Magnus

      Annotator: P. J. Berthier

      Release Date: June 12, 2011 [EBook #36402]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ON UNION WITH GOD ***

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      ON UNION WITH GOD

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      The Angelus Series

      On Union with God

      BY BLESSED

      ALBERT THE GREAT, O.P.

      WITH NOTES BY

      REV. P. J. BERTHIER, O.P.

      TRANSLATED BY

      A BENEDICTINE OF PRINCETHORPE PRIORY

      R.& T. WASHBOURNE, LTD.

      PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON

      AND AT MANCHESTER, BIRMINGHAM, AND GLASGOW

      PREFACE

      Surely the most deeply-rooted need of the human soul, its purest aspiration, is for the closest possible union with God. As one turns over the pages of this little work, written by Blessed Albert the Great[1] towards the end of his life, when that great soul had ripened and matured, one feels that here indeed is the ideal of one's hopes.

      Simply and clearly the great principles are laid down, the way is made plain which leads to the highest spiritual life. It seems as though, while one reads, the mists of earth vanish and the snowy summits appear of the mountains of God. We breathe only the pure atmosphere of prayer, peace, and love, and the one great fact of the universe, the Divine Presence, is felt and realized without effort.

      But is such a life possible amid the whirl of the twentieth century? To faith and love all things are possible, and our author shows us the loving Father, ever ready to give as much and more than we can ask. The spirit of such a work is ever true; the application may vary with circumstances, but the guidance of the Holy Spirit will never be wanting to those souls who crave for closer union with their Divine Master.

      This little treatise has been very aptly called the Metaphysics of the Imitation, and it is in the hope that it may be of use to souls that it has been translated into English.

      Blessed Albert the Great is too well known for it to be necessary for us to give more than the briefest outline of his life.

      The eldest son of the Count of Bollstädt, he was born at Lauingen in Swabia in 1205 or 1206, though some historians give it as 1193. As a youth he was sent to the University of Padua, where he had special facilities for the study of the liberal arts.

      Drawn by the persuasive teaching of Blessed Jordan of Saxony, he joined the Order of St. Dominic in 1223, and after completing his studies, received the Doctor's degree at the University of Paris.

      His brilliant genius quickly brought him into the most prominent positions. Far-famed for his learning, he attracted scholars from all parts of Europe to Paris, Cologne, Ratisbon, etc., where he successively taught. It was during his years of teaching at Paris and Cologne that he counted among his disciples St. Thomas Aquinas, the greatness of whose future he foretold, and whose lifelong friendship with him then began.

      In 1254 Albert was elected Provincial of his Order in Germany. In 1260 he was appointed Bishop of Ratisbon, but resigned his see in 1262. He then continued unweariedly until a few years before his death, when his great powers, especially his memory, failed him, but the fervour of his soul remained ever the same. In 1280, at Cologne, he sank, at last worn out by his manifold labours.

      Whether we consider him as a theologian or as a philosopher, Albert was undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary men of his age; I might say, one of the most wonderful men of genius who appeared in past times (Jourdain).

      Very grateful thanks are due to Rev. P. J. Berthier, O.P., for his kind permission to append to this edition a translation of his excellent notes (from the French edition, entitled De l'Union avec Dieu).

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