1. Origen (185-253) Masters, Mystics and Monastics Down Through the Ages Ver. 3-26-12 0100200300 Jesus St. Paul (15-90) 400 Palladius (363-431) St. Basil theGreat (330-379) Evagrius Ponticus (345-399) Gregory of Nyssa (330-395) Gregory Nazianzen (329-390) Augustine (354-430) (3 Cappadocian Fathers) St. Anthony (251-356) St. Athanasius (296-373) John Cassian (360-433) St. Jerome (347-420) 313 313 – Roman Empire adopts Christianity 325 – Council of Nicaea 381 – Council of Constantinople (2 nd Ecumenical Council) 325 Pachomius (275?-346) Rufinus (345-410) Clement of Alexandria (160-215) 381 www.communityofthegospel.org

2. Maximus the Confessor (580-662) Masters, Mystics and Monastics Down Through the Ages 400500600700800 Pseudo-Denys (Circa 500) John Climacus (579-649) St. Benedict (520-575) Isaac the Syrian (d.700) 553 431 – Third Ecumenical Council 451 – Fourth Ecumenical Council 553 – Fifth Ecumenical Council 649 – Lateran Synod 680 – Sixth Ecumenical Council 781 – Seventh Ecumenical Council 680781649431451 www.communityofthegospel.org

3. Masters, Mystics and Monastics Down Through the Ages 800900100011001200 St. Bernard - Clairvaux (1090-1153) Richard of St. Victor (1120-1173) St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Symeon the New Theologian (949-1032) Peter Damian (1006-1101) Heloise (1090-1164) Peter Abelard (1079-1142) www.communityofthegospel.org

4. The Cloud of Unknowing (Anonymous) Masters, Mystics and Monastics Down Through the Ages 12001300140015001600 St. Bonaventure (1221-1274) Angela of Foligno (1248-1309) St. Catherine Of Siena (1347-1380) St. Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510) St. Mechtild (1210-1297) Hadewijch (circa 1200s) Marguerite Porete (1250-1310) Meister Eckhart (1260-1327) Henri Suso (1295-1366) Johannes Tauler (1300-1361) Jan van Ruusbroec (1293-1381) Richard Rolle (1300-1341) Walter Hilton (1340-1396) Julian of Norwich (1342-1423) Margery Kempe (1373-1440) Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) St. John of the Cross (1542-1591) Benedict of Canfield (circa 1500s) St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) Jacob Boehme (1575-1624) Gregory of Palamas (1296-1359) Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) Gerard Groot (1340-1384) Saint Bridget (1303-1373) www.communityofthegospel.org

5. Masters, Mystics and Monastics Down Through the Ages Ver. 3-24-12 16001700180019002000 Jeanne de Chantal (1572-1641) Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Brother Lawrence (1611-1691) Jean Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751) Jacob Boehme (1575-1624) George Fox (1624-1691) William Law (1686-1761) Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900) Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897) Thomas Merton (1915-1968) Simone Weil (1909-1943) Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) Henri le Saux (1910-1973) William Ralph Inge (1860-1954) Cynthia Bourgeault (19xx- ) Richard Rohr (1943- ) Eckhard Tolle (1948- ) C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Anthony DeMello (1931-1987) www.communityofthegospel.org

6. Masters, Mystics and Monastics Down Through the Ages Additional Resources: Western Monasticism: A History of the Monastic Movement in the Latin Church, by Peter King The Spirit of Early Christian Thought, by Robert Louis Wilken A History of Christian Thought: From the Beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon, by Justo Gonzalez The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church, by Vladimir Lossky Ecclesiastical History of the English Church and People, by Bede www.communityofthegospel.org