Saint John of the Cross
Date Submitted: 03/20/2004 02:32:18
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 7 pages (1968 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 7 pages (1968 words)
Saint John of the Cross
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"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 is one of the acknowledged masters of mystical theology. It is thought among present day theologians that there is no other writer who has had a greater influence on Catholic spirituality than John of the Cross. He is a …
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…Mysticism. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Volume 37, Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1990.
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Three Mystics. Father Bruno de J.M., ed. Sheed and Ward Ltd. London, England 1952.
Wilhelmsen, Elizabeth. Knowledge and Symbolization in Saint John of the Cross. Verlag Peter Lang GmbH. Volume 41, Frankfurt, Germany 1993.
Wojotyla, Karol. Faith According to Saint John of the Cross. Saint Ignatius Press. San Francisco, California, The United States 1981.
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