For the author of the Cloud all human virtue is comprised in the twin qualities of Humility and Charity. He who has these, has all. Humility, in accordance with the doctrine of Richard of St. Victor, he identifies with self-knowledge; the terrible vision of the soul as it is, which induces first self-abasement and then self-purification—the beginning of all spiritual growth, and the necessary antecedent of all knowledge of God. “Therefore swink and sweat in all that thou canst and mayst, for to get thee a true knowing and a feeling of thyself as thou
art; and then I trow that soon after that, thou shalt have a true knowing and a feeling of God as He
is.”
Deeply analyze and reflect on this cloud of knowledge that is centered inside of this quote.
art; and then I trow that soon after that, thou shalt have a true knowing and a feeling of God as He
is.”
Deeply analyze and reflect on this cloud of knowledge that is centered inside of this quote.