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John of the Cross: Selected Writings Paperback - 1987

by Kieran Kavanaugh (Editor)


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"...a milestone in American religious publishing." New Catholic World John of the Cross: Selected Writings translated and introduced by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. preface by Ernest E. Larkin, O. Carm. I abandoned and forgot myself Laying my face on my beloved; All things ceased; I went out from myself, Leaving my cares forgotten among the lilies. John of the Cross 1542-1591 There are few works on the spiritual life in the West that can match the insight and sheer beauty of those of the sixteenth-century Spanish Carmelite, St. John of the Cross. A collaborator with St. Teresa of Avila in the reform movement that attempted to forge a new style of religious life, dedicated to recollection yet distinct from both the enthusiasm of the alumbrados and the sterility of the conventual Carmelites, John was no stranger to suffering. As he so memorable wrote in The Ascent of Mount Carmel, summing up his doctrine of detachment, "nothing (nada), nothing, nothing, and even on the Mountain nothing." Yet the harshness of his teaching that emerges in the context of his commentaries on his poetry is balance by the poetry itself-a poetry that breathes the warmth and sweetness of the tender love of God that made John one of the greatest mystical writers of all time and earned him the title, Doctor of the Church. Here, under one cover, are selections from his major works in a revised translation by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. Taken as a whole, this volume represents the essential St. John of the Cross and will serve well both the newcomer and the expert. +

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Four elements go to make up the works that have been referred to as a diptych: the poem "The Dark Night"; the sketch of the mount of perfection; the commentary called The Ascent of Mount Carmel; and the commentary called The Dark Night.

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Here, under one cover, are selections form his major works in a revised translation by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. Taken as a whole, this volume represents the essential St. John of the Cross and will serve well both the newcomer and the expert.

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  • Title John of the Cross: Selected Writings
  • Author Kieran Kavanaugh (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition HARDBOUND
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Paulist Press, New York
  • Date April 1987
  • ISBN 9780809128396 / 080912839X
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.17 x 6.17 x 1.14 in (23.29 x 15.67 x 2.90 cm)
  • Reading level 1380
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Catholic Church - Doctrines, Spiritual life - Catholic Church
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 86030421
  • Dewey Decimal Code 248.22
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