Christian spirituality :  Origins to the twelfth century / 
edited by Bernard McGinn and John Meyendorff in collaboration with Jean Leclercq. 
 - New York :  Crossroad ,  ©1985. 
 - xxv, 502 pages ;  illustrations ,  25 cm. 
 - World spirituality ;  vol 16 .
 - World spirituality  v. 16. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Scripture and Spirituality -- Periods and Movements -- The Early Christian Community -- Gnostic Spirituality -- The Spiritual Message of the Great Fathers -- Monasticism and Asceticism -- Eastern Christianity  -- Western Christianity -- The Uplifting Spirituality of Pseudo-Dionysius -- Christianity and CUltural Diversity -- The Gregorian Reform -- The Religious WOrld of the Twelfth Century -- Themes and Values -- The Role of Christ -- The Trinity -- The Human Person as Image of God -- Grace: The Augustinian Foundation -- Liturgy and Spirituality -- Icon and Art -- Ways of Prayer and Contemplation -- The Notion of Virginity in the Early Church -- Spiritual Guidance -- The Practice of Christian Life: The Birth of the Laity 
<br/><br/> A multivolume series with more than 500 contributing scholars worldwide, presenting the spiritual wisdom of the human race in its historical unfolding, from prehistoric time, through the great religions to the meeting of traditions at the present. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0824506812  39.50 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>85007692 //r922 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Spiritual life--Christianity--History of doctrines.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV 4490   / .C48 1997  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>248/.09