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Albert the Great – On Cleaving to God

On Cleaving to God

On Cleaving to God
attributed to Saint Albert the Great (1193-1280)

This famous and much loved little treatise, On Cleaving to God, (De Adhaerendo Deo) has always been attributed to Saint Albert the Great, who lived from about 1200 to 1280, and was one of the most respected theologians of his time.”I have had the idea of writing something for myself on and about the state of complete and full abstraction from everything and of cleaving freely, confidently, nakedly and firmly to God alone, so as to describe it fully (in so far as it is possible in this abode of exile and pilgrimage), especially since the goal of Christian perfection is the love by which we cleave to God.” –St. Albert the Great, On the highest and supreme perfection of man, in so far as it is possible in this life.




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Austin-Sparks, T. – As It Was in the Beginning

As It Was in the Beginning
by T. Austin-Sparks

In this work by Austin-Sparks, he examines the continuity of things in Christianity, especially in that of truth in the form of Christ, salvation, the church, and how God is and orders us to minister.

From “A Witness and a Testimony” magazines, Sept-Oct 1963 to May-June 1964
As It Was in the Beginning





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