{"id":24885,"date":"2023-09-19T16:17:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teresianum.net\/?page_id=24885"},"modified":"2023-09-19T16:17:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:17:54","slug":"the-purification-of-the-memory-according-to-st-john-of-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.teresianum.net\/en\/the-purification-of-the-memory-according-to-st-john-of-the-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"The Purification of the Memory According to St. John of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor: John-Mary Winter, OCD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification<\/strong><br \/>\nThe singular purpose of the writing of St. John of the Cross is the soul\u2019s union with God through love, a union that takes place by means of the purification of the spiritual faculties of memory, intellect, and will. A proper understanding of these faculties is essential for explaining the way in which this union comes about. John\u2019s notion of memory warrants a deeper study since it differs considerably from the common conception of the word today and even significantly from the understanding of many thinkers in his own time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goals<\/strong><br \/>\nThis course intends to provide an introduction to the theological anthropology of St. John, specifically considering his teaching on the memory and its process of purification.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content<\/strong><br \/>\nThe first part of this course gives a general introduction to the theological anthropology of St. John and how it operates in his spiritual teaching. The second part focuses specifically on his understanding of memory, the harms of the unpurified memory, and its process of purification through the theological virtue of hope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><br \/>\nZoom live sessions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Criteria for evaluation<\/strong><br \/>\nOne written paper (4-6 pages)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time distribution<\/strong><br \/>\n12 hours in class, personal readings, and preparation of the written paper<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essential bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bord, Andr\u00e9. M\u00e9moire et Esp\u00e9rance chez Jean de la Croix. Paris: Beauchesne, 1971.<\/li>\n<li>Doyle, Dominic. \u201cFrom Triadic to Dyadic Soul: A Genetic Study of John of the Cross on the Anthropological Basis of Hope.\u201d Studies in Spirituality 21 (2011): 219\u201341.<\/li>\n<li>FitzGerald, Constance. \u201cFrom Impasse to Prophetic Hope: Crisis of Memory.\u201d In Desire, Darkness, and Hope: Theology in a Time of Impasse, edited by Laurie Cassidy and M. Shawn Copeland. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Matthew, Iain. \u201cMemory, and Hope in Eternal Life: \u201cThe memory has changed into eternal apprehensions of glory.\u201d Teresianum 70 (2019): 403\u2013435.<\/li>\n<li>Payne, Steven. \u201cThe Doctrine of St. John of the Cross: The Structure of the Human Person.\u201d In John of the Cross and the Cognitive Value of Mysticism. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990.<\/li>\n<li>St. John of the Cross. The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross. Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez. Washington, DC: ICS Publications, 1991.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor: John-Mary Winter, OCD Justification The singular purpose of the writing of St. John of the Cross is the soul\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1899,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teresianum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teresianum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teresianum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teresianum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1899"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teresianum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.teresianum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24886,"href":"https:\/\/www.teresianum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24885\/revisions\/24886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teresianum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}