| John of the Cross: Selected Writings Revised Edition Contributor(s): Kavanaugh, Kieran (Editor) |
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ISBN: 080912839X ISBN-13: 9780809128396 Publisher: Paulist Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1987 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Mysticism - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Spirituality |
| Dewey: 248.22 |
| LCCN: 86030421 |
| Lexile Measure: 1380 |
| Series: Classics of Western Spirituality (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.17" W x 9.17" (1.00 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: ...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. |