Scivias /

Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179.

Scivias / Hildegard of Bingen ; translated by Columba Hart and Jane Bishop ; introduced by Barbara J. Newman ; preface by Caroline Walker Bynum. - New York : Paulist Press, c1990. - x, 545 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - The Classics of western spirituality . - Classics of Western spirituality. .

Translation of: Scivias.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-539) and indexes.

The creator and creation. God enthroned shows himself to Hildegard ; Creation and the fall ; The universe and its symbolism ; Soul and body ; The synagogue ; The choirs of angels -- The redeemer and redemption. The redeemer ; The Trinity ; The church, bride of Christ and mother of the faithful ; Confirmation ; The three orders in the church ; Christ's sacrifice and the church ; The devil -- The history of salvation symbolized by a building. God and man ; The edifice of salvation ; The tower of anticipation of God's will ; The pillar of the word of God ; The jealousy of God ; The stone wall of the old law ; The pillar of the Trinity ; The pillar of the humanity of the Savior ; The tower of the church ; The Son of Man ; The last days and the fall of the Antichrist ; The new heaven and the new earth ; Symphony of the blessed.


Translation of: Scivias.

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Mysticism--Early works to 1800.

BV5080 / .H5413 1990

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