> [[at-sl-12|← Part Second]] # "Footnotes — Part Ii: The Three Ways (Intro)" [1] S. THOM., IIa IIæ, q. 24, a. 9; q. 183, a. 4; THOM. DE VALLGORNERA, Myst, theol., q. II, a. II; LE GAUDIER, De Perf. vitœ spir., IIa Pars, sect. I, cap. I; SCARAMELLI, Direttorio ascetico, Traité II, Introd.; SCHRAM, Instit. theol. myst., XXVI; SAUDREAU, The Degrees of the Spiritual Life, Preface; DESURMONT, Charité Sacerdotale, 138-140; Cursus Asceticus, VoL I. Prolegomena. [1]Thus in the unitive way two distinct forms are generally distinguished as we shall later on explain : the simple unitive way, and th at which is accompanied by infused contemplation. [2]Ps. XXXIII, 15. [3] Luke, IX, 23. [4] I Cor., IX, 26-27. [1]Phil.,III, 13-14. [2]Phil.,III, 15-17. [3]I Cor., IV, 16. [4]Gal., II 20. [5]II Cor., XII, 2. [6] Stromata, VI, 12. [7] Confer., XI, 6-8. [8]De natura et gratia,cap. LXX, n 84. [1]Epist. XI, n. 8. P. L., CLXXXII, 113-114. [2] Matth., V, 8. [1]I Peter, IV, 10. [2]St. John of the Cross, and after him a number of authors, use a special terminology with regard to the three ways, a knowledge of which is important. He styles beginners those on the threshold of obscure contemplation or the “night of the senses”; he calls the advanced those already within the realm of passive contemplation; and the perfect, those that have passed through the “night of the senses” and the “night of the soul” Cfr. HOORNAERT, note on the Dark Night, t. III, des Œuvres spirituelles, (p. 5-6). [1]Articles d'Issy, n. XXXIV. [2]Manual for Interior Souls. --- > [[at-sl-12|← Part Second]]