Johannes Tauler: Sermons

by Johannes Tauler

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 1985

Overview

One of the most influential German mystical writers of the fourteenth century, Johannes Tauler (c. 1300–1361) spent his life as a mendicant preacher in the Order of Preachers. These selected sermons show Tauler’s emphasis on the via negativa together with his insistence on the importance of cataphatic mysticism and the merits of an active life. His unique perspective is worthy of study and will challenge modern preconceptions about the ancient, mystical mode of Christianity.

Key Features

• Corrects potential misconceptions regarding the mode of fourteenth-century mystical Christianity
• Fully integrates and cross references with other resources from your Logos library
• Presented in a vibrant, accessible modern translation

Contents

Top Highlights

“In this hiddenness the created spirit is borne back into the uncreated state in which it dwelt from all eternity.” (Page 168)

“And so He turns inward, comprehending Himself, and He flows outward in the generation of His Image (that of His Son), which He has known and comprehended. And again He returns to Himself in perfect self-delight. And this delight streams forth as ineffable love, and that ineffable love is the Holy Spirit.” (Page 36)

“and placing our love and satisfaction in them for their own sake, without reference to God.” (Page 111)

“And therefore you should observe silence! In that manner the Word can be uttered and heard within. For surely, if you choose to speak, God must fall silent. There is no better way of serving the Word than by silence and by listening. If you go out of yourself, you may be certain that God will enter and fill you wholly: the greater the void, the greater the divine influx.” (Page 38)

“Saint Thomas tells us. He says that all the glory and grace and blessedness which Our Lord brought to the world through His humanity, His life and death and Passion, His Resurrection and Ascension, all these He brings to every man in the Blessed Sacrament. There is no imaginable gift any man can desire which is not contained and included in it.” (Page 109)

Product Details

• Title: Johannes Tauler: Sermons
• Author: Johannes Tauler
• Series: The Classics of Western Spirituality
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 1985
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 224
• Era: era:medieval
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Mysticism › Sermons; Church year sermons › Translations into English; Catholic Church › Sermons
• ISBNs: 0809126850, 9780809126859
• Resource ID: LLS:JHNNSTLRSRMNS
• Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-03-11T21:46:22Z

About Johannes Tauler

Johannes Tauler (c. 1300 in Strasbourg – 15 June 1361) was a German mystic, a Catholic preacher and a theologian. A disciple of Meister Eckhart, he belonged to the Dominican order.