Albertus Magnus

The Opera Omnia of the Universal Doctor, rendered into English

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Volume 37 · pp. 523–542

On Cleaving to God

De Adhaerendo Deo

16 sections · translated from Borgnet vol. 37, pp. 523–542

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  1. Chapter I. On the ultimate and highest perfection of man, insofar as it is possible in this life. · pp. 523–524
  2. Chapter II. How someone, all other things having been despised, should adhere and attend to Christ alone? · p. 524
  3. Chapter III. What the conformity of man's perfection in this life may be? · p. 525
  4. Chapter IV. How human operation ought to be in the intellect alone, and not in the senses? · pp. 525–526
  5. Chapter V. On purity of heart, which is to be pursued before all things. · pp. 527–528
  6. Chapter VI. That the devout man ought to adhere to God, with intellect and affection bared. · pp. 528–529
  7. Chapter VII. How the heart is to be gathered back within itself? · pp. 529–530
  8. Chapter VIII. How in any event the devout man ought to commit himself to God? · pp. 531–532
  9. Chapter IX. Contemplation in God, insofar as it is to be placed before all other exercises. · pp. 532–533
  10. Chapter X. Actual and sensible devotion is not to be cared for so much as adhering to God by the will. · pp. 533–534
  11. Chapter XI. How temptations are to be resisted, and how tribulations are to be sustained? · pp. 534–535
  12. Chapter XII. On the love of God, how efficacious it is. · pp. 535–536
  13. Chapter XIII. The quality and utility of prayer, and how the heart is to be gathered back within itself? · pp. 536–537
  14. Chapter XIV. The attestation of conscience is to be required in every judgment. · pp. 538–539
  15. Chapter XV. Contempt of oneself, how it is caused in man, and how useful it is? · pp. 539–540
  16. Chapter XVI. The providence of God, how it extends itself to all things? · pp. 540–542