WALTER HILTON (QUATORZIÈME SIÈCLE)
ÉCRIVAIN SPIRITUEL ANGLAIS ET CHANOINE AUGUSTINIEN
L'ÉCHELLE DE LA PERFECTION
I shall give you one word to express everything which you have lost: and this word is “Jesus.”. . . Here by “Jesus” I mean all goodness, everlasting wisdom, love and sweetness, your joy, your dignity and your eternal happiness, your God, your Lord and your salvation.
WALTER HILTON (FOURTEENTH CENTURY)
ENGLISH SPIRITUAL WRITER AND AUGUSTINIAN CANON
THE SCALE OF PERFECTION