Toward a Perfect Love

Surprisingly warm and practical, this 600-year-old insight into daily work and devotion is from a man described as "one of those hidden figures, those quiet and secret friends of God who have never failed the church."

Preface to the Classics	p. ix
Translator's Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xvii
Letters to a Layman
To One New in Faith	p. 3
On the Mixed Life	p. 7
Notes
Coming to Perfection
The Spiritual Life
Salutation	p. 39
True Spirituality	p. 41
The Goal of Contemplation
An Acceptable Sacrifice (I: 1; 11- 15)
On Prayer	p. 47
The Spirit of Prayer
Types of Prayer (common prayer; personal prayer; silent prayer)
Effectual Prayer (23-33)
On Meditation	p. 57
The Good of Meditation
The Gift of Meditation (34-36)
Examination of Conscience	p. 61
Recognizing our Condition
The Psychology of Sin
Health: Our Salvation in Jesus (41-45)
Reformation and Contemplation	p. 71
Seeking the Lost
The Value of Desire
Where and How to Look
Self-Discovery and the Image of God (46-55)
The Measure of Love	p. 85
Charity and Appearances
Charity and Judgment
Truth in the Inward Parts
The Standard of Love
Conforming to the Image of Jesus (66-70; 92-93)
Book 2: The Progress of the Soul
The Image of God	p. 99
The Soul As Image
Restoration of the Image (II: 1; 4; 5)
The Spiritual Pilgrim	p. 105
The Road to Jerusalem (21)
True and False Light	p. 111
Trusting God in the Darkness
Counterfeit Light (the Noonday Demon) (25-26)
Looking at the Self	p. 119
Spiritual Self-Understanding
Growth in Love
Discerning Love's Proper Object
The Reformation of Experience
Spiritual Insight
Things Seen and Unseen (30-33)
The Gift of Love	p. 137
The Source of Love
The Experience of Love
The Preeminence of Love
Love and Meekness
The Quiet Work of Love (34-40)
Beholding Jesus	p. 159
Beholding Him in Prayer
Jesus in His Word
The Still Small Voice
Lord of the Universe
Jesus Our Beloved (42-46)
Notes	p. 178
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