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John of the Cross
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Substantial Locution | Hearing a word from God that effects what it says, thus requiring no discernment |
| Heliotropium | A treatise on the spiritual life encouraging us to keep our minds and hearts turned towards God |
| Transformation | Process of being changed into God´s likeness but not into His nature |
| Acts of Virtue | Become easier with practice and thus more meritorious |
| Intentions of a Moral Act | Component of a human act that can easily be raised from the natural realm to the supernatural realm |
| Components of a Human Act | Circumstances, Intentions, Act Itself |
| Heresy that we can perfect ourselves without surrendering to God | Pelagianism |
| God diffuses Himself | Wherever there is room |
| Solitude | Disposition towards having some time alone |
| God is encountered as oppressive | When He consumes and destroys its bad habits during what is often called the dark night |
| Will | Power to love |
| Intellect | Power to know |
| Will moves the intellect | True |
| Intellect moves the will | True |
| Intellect Will Memory | Powers of the soul in the anthropology of St. John of the Cross |
| Peace is the result | of the proper ordering of the appetites |
| Those who are perfect | are not scandalized |
| Hermits on Mount Carmel | were probably Crusaders who were free to stay in the Holy Land |
| Opposite of consolations | Dryness |
| Thoughts words and deeds that are habitally well ordered | Virtues |
| Defects and Excesses | Manner of erring in virtue |
| Enemies of the Soul | World Flesh Devil |