Loyola. It favors the Cistercian and Augustinian monastic life over the more austere Carmelite and Carthusian.20 A melancholic personality will naturally gravitate toward a more contemplative type of spirituality. If the apostle Paul were alive today, he would probably not be drawn to the Carmelite order. No single type of spirituality satisfies everyone. In fact, diverse Christian spiritualities are a gift of Christ to his church. According to Paul, God has endowed the members of the body of Christ
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