Transformation in Christ_ On the Christian Attitude - Dietrich Von Hildebrand [230]
1 For the time being we disregard the case, very typical also, in which the call for a radical change is perceived to some extent but meets with a more or less conscious opposition. We are dealing here with the case of a more deeply hidden resistance to the demand of full conversion, which prevents the subject from adequately assessing the import of the required change, so that he may restrict his compliance without being troubled by his conscience. Back to text.
Recollection and Contemplation
1 St. Augustine distinguished uti (the use of a thing) and frui (the blissful penetration of a thing, the happy communing therewith) as two basic forms of our attitude toward the good. (Cf., the first book of De doctrina Christiana, and De civitate Dei 19.10.) Back to text.
Table of Contents
Introduction, by Alice von Hildebrand
Author’s Introduction
1. The Readiness to Change
2. Contrition
3. Self-Knowledge
4. True Consciousness
5. True Simplicity
6. Recollection and Contemplation
7. Humility
8. Confidence in God
9. Striving for Perfection
10. True Freedom
11. Blessed Are They Who Hunger for Justice
12. Holy Patience
13. Blessed Are the Peacemakers
14. Holy Meekness
15. Holy Mercy
16. Holy Sorrow
17. Holy Sobriety
18. True Surrender of Self
Biographical Note
Notes