Apocalyptic Spirituality: Treatises and Letters of Lactantius, Adso of Montier-en-der, Joachim of Fiore, the Spiritual Franciscans, Savonarola

by Bernard McGinn

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 1979

Overview

Apocalyptic Spirituality makes available major texts of Christian apocalyptic literature from the fourth to the sixteenth centuries. The apocalyptic tradition is that of traditional philosophy based on Revelation and concerned with the end of the world. These predictions, interpretations, and meditations will be a great help in understanding historiography of Christian thought regarding the end-times.

Key Features

• Focuses on the end-times as prophesied in Scripture
• Fully integrates and cross references with other resources from your Logos library
• Allows modern readers access to an ancient treatment of a future event

Product Details

• Title: Apocalyptic Spirituality: Treatises and Letters of Lactantius, Adso of Montier-En-Der, Joachim of Fiore, the Franciscan Spirituals, Savonarola
• Author: Bernard McGinn
• Series: The Classics of Western Spirituality
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 1979
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 352
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Second Advent › Early works to 1800; Antichrist › Early works to 1800; Apocalyptic literature › Early works to 1800
• ISBNs: 0809122421, 9780809122424
• Resource ID: LLS:PCLYPTCSPRTLTY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:36:30Z

About Bernard McGinn

Bernard McGinn works in the history of Christianity and the history of Christian thought, primarily in the medieval period. He has written extensively in the areas of the history of apocalyptic thought and, most recently, in the areas of spirituality and mysticism. His current long-range project is a five-volume history of Christian mysticism in the West under the general title The Presence of God, four volumes of which have appeared: The Origins of Mysticism; The Growth of Mysticism; The Flowering of Mysticism; and The Harvest of Mysticism in Medieval Germany.