6/27/2023 0 Comments Ascent of mt carmel![]() ![]() Thus for the general reader they were of great utility for the student, on the other hand, they have never been entirely adequate. John of the Cross, a Spanish mystic and major figure in the Catholic Reformation in the 16th. Their great merit was extreme readableness: many a disciple of the Spanish mystics, who is unacquainted with the language in which they wrote, owes to these translations the comparative ease with which he has mastered the main lines of St. The Ascent of Mount Carmel is the third major work of St. First, the existing translations were never very exact renderings of the original Spanish text even in the form which held the field when they were first published. He deftly weaves together insights from psychology, theology, and literature to make The Ascent of Mount Carmel both understandable and relevant to daily life. The translations of the individual prose works now in general use go back in their original form to the eighteen-sixties, and, though the later editions of some of them have been submitted to a certain degree of revision, nothing but a complete retranslation of the works from their original Spanish could be satisfactory. The author shares with contemporary spiritual seekers his seasoned wisdom, gleaned from years of reading and teaching John of the Cross. ![]() John of the Cross has been an urgent necessity. Ascent of Mount Carmel (Paraclete Essentials): John of the Cross: 9781557257789: : Books Books Christian Books & Bibles Catholicism Buy new: 13.95 List Price: 16.99 Save: 3. “EDITION FOR at least twenty years, a new translation of the works of St. ![]()
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