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The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena (1517) - Page 16 - Source Library

The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena

Catharine of Siena · 1517

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Index of the Dialogues


How there are five kinds of tears. Saint Catherine identifies different motivations for crying, ranging from worldly sorrow to divine love.	Chapter 98.
The difference of tears as they pertain to the various states of the soul.	Chapter 89.
A summary of the aforementioned tears.	Chapter 90.
Concerning those who desire tears but cannot have them, and how much this pleases God.	Chapter 91.
How the saying of Paul is understood: that the Holy Spirit asks the Father on our behalf with unspeakable groans. original: "pianti inumerabili"; this refers to Romans 8:26, where the Spirit intercedes with "groanings which cannot be uttered."	Chapter 91.
Why God sometimes withdraws tears.	Chapter 92.
How from the aforementioned states of tears, infinite tears are born in desire.	Chapter 92.
Of the tears of worldly people.	Chapter 93.
The aforementioned worldly weepers are struck by the winds of prosperity and adversity, and by fear and conscience.	Chapter 94.
On the fruit of the tears of fear and of love.	Chapter 95.
On the fruit of unitive tears. term: unitive (unitive) — relating to the "unitive state," the highest stage of mystical life where the soul feels perfectly joined with God.	Chapter 96. Read.
The Old Law is of fear, and the New Law is of love. A common medieval distinction between the Old Testament (Law) and New Testament (Grace).	Chapter 58.

Free Will


On free will.	Chapter 14.
With free will, the soul is pruned. Catherine often uses the metaphor of the soul as a vineyard that must be tended.	Chapter 23.
It is the gardener of the soul’s garden.	Chapter 160.

Spiritual Light


Various lights infused by God into his beloved ones, and how light is necessary to man.	Chapter 97.
On the second light.	Chapter 94.
On the third, perfective light.	Chapter 100.
On the works of those who are illuminated by that unitive light.	Chapter 100.
How those who are in the said light receive the earnest of paradise. original: "lara" (l'arra) — a pledge or down payment. In mystical theology, it refers to a foretaste of heaven experienced during earthly life.	Chapter 101.

Lust


On lust.	Chapter 32.

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