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  2. Lectio Divina - Wikipedia

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    While the Lectio Divina has been the key method of meditation and contemplation within the Benedictine, Cistercian and Carthusian orders, other Catholic religious orders have used other methods. An example is another four-step approach, that by Saint Clare of Assisi shown in the Table 1, which is used by the Franciscan order . [ 38 ]

  3. History of Christian meditation - Wikipedia

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    These progressions resulted in two distinct and different meditative practices: Lectio Divina in the West and hesychasm in the East. Hesychasm involves the repetition of the Jesus Prayer, but Lectio Divina uses different Scripture passages at different times and although a passage may be repeated a few times, Lectio Divina is not repetitive in ...

  4. Jean Leclercq (monk) - Wikipedia

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    Jean Leclercq OSB (31 January 1911 – 27 October 1993), was a French Benedictine monk, the author of classic studies on Lectio Divina and the history of inter-monastic dialogue, as well as the life and theology of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

  5. List of Catholic writers - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Hough – British musician and writer, author of The Bible as Prayer – a handbook for Lectio Divina and The Final Retreat; Deal W. Hudson – American writer, philosopher, radio show host, and political commentator. Pauline von Hügel – Italian-British writer, founder of Corpus Christi Church, Boscombe

  6. Christian mysticism - Wikipedia

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    In discursive meditation, such as Lectio Divina, mind and imagination and other faculties are actively employed in an effort to understand Christians' relationship with God. [71] [72] In contemplative prayer, this activity is curtailed, so that contemplation has been described as "a gaze of faith", "a silent love".

  7. Christian meditation - Wikipedia

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    These progressions resulted in two distinct and different meditative practices: Lectio Divina in the West and hesychasm in the East. Hesychasm involves the repetition of the Jesus Prayer, but Lectio Divina uses different Scripture passages at different times and although a passage may be repeated a few times, Lectio Divina is not repetitive in ...

  8. Introduction to the Devout Life - Wikipedia

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    It enjoyed wide popularity, and was well received in both Protestant and Catholic circles, evidenced by its translation into all major languages of the day. It is typically categorized as a form of reading known as lectio divina (divine reading), based on the Christian monastic practice of spiritual reading.

  9. Centering prayer - Wikipedia

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    The creators of the Centering Prayer movement trace their roots to the contemplative prayer of the Desert Fathers of early Christian monasticism, to the Lectio Divina tradition of Benedictine monasticism, and to works like The Cloud of Unknowing and the writings of St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross.