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A sixteenth-century mystic who wrote of man's relationship with God, St. John of the Cross was also a Carmelite monk who helped reform the Order and aided St. Teresa of Avila in establishing new convents for women. In this book--his spiritual masterpiece and a classic of Christian literature... read more
First Sentence
INTO this dark night souls begin to enter when God draws them forth from the state of beginners-which is the state of those that meditate on the spiritual road-and begins set them in the state of progressives-which is that of those who are already contemplatives-to the end that, after passing through it, they may arrive at the state of the perfect, which is that of the Divine union of the soul with God.
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- E. Allison Peers (Author)
- John of the Cross
- Silverio
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