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EARLY MODERN SPIRITUALITY spans the period from the Reformation to the French Revolution. There are roughly four emphases, some of which provide with both heretical and orthodox manifestations
1. CONTINUATION
of
MEDIEVAL
ASCETICAL
PRACTICES
JANSENISM; TRAPPISTS;
MAURISTS and BOLLANDISTS
on ACADEMIC
ASCETICISM
2. DEVELOPMENT
and POPULARIZATION
of
CONTEMPLATIVE
SPIRITUALITY
CARMELITE (John, Teresa);
QUIETISM
(Molinos; Guyon; Fenelon)
3. SPIRITUAL EXERCISES (BIBLICAL/FORMAL)
GERTRUDE/CISNEROS/JESUIT SPIRITUALITY
and other formal EXERCISES (Salesian, etc.)
4. AFFECTIVE MEDITATION
a) SACRED HEART
Medieval Origins - Gertrude/Mechtild/Bonaventure
John Eudes and Margaret Mary
b) EUCHARISTIC Devotions
c) Francis de Sales/Br. Lawrence
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