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Dark Night of the Soul (Dover Thrift Editions)

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Dark Night of the Soul (Dover Thrift Editions)

by: St. John of the Cross

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Binding: Paperback
Brand: Dover Publications
EAN: 9780486426938
ISBN: 0486426939
Item Dimensions: 3382023656
Label: Dover Publications
Languages: EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
MPN: 9780486426938
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: May 09, 2003
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications

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A 16th-century mystic, St. John of the Cross was also a Carmelite monk who helped reform the Order. In this book, he addresses pride, avarice, envy, and other human imperfections. He also provides an extended explanation of Divine love, and describes methods of conversion through prayer, submission, and purification.

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As a Carmelite monk, the 16th-century Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross was well trained in the systematic theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. In Dark Night of the Soul, St. John's sharply organized mind gives clean shape to his mystical belief in a loving Being somewhere outside the realm of feeling, thought, or imagination, who can only be known through love. Dark Night of the Soul describes the process of purgation, first of senses, and then of spirit, that precedes the soul's loving Union with God. To quote from this book would detract from the coiled power of its tightly focused picture of the soul's progress; suffice it to say that there has never been a better book for discouraged Christians. When you cannot understand what or why you believe, but you find yourself unable to abandon faith, look to St. John for help. --Michael Joseph Gross

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