An edition of The dialogue (1980)

The dialogue

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An edition of The dialogue (1980)

The dialogue

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Catherine was a mystic whose plunge into God plunged her deep into the affairs of society, Church and the souls of all who came under her influence. Her Dialogue has been called a great tapestry to which Catherine adds stitch upon stitch until she is satisfied that she has communicated all she can of what she has learned of the way of God. Six centuries after her death, we live in a time so badly in need of her sense of institutional reform as flowing from Divine truth, love and charity. In the opening pages Catherine presents a series of questions or petitions to God the Father, each of which receives a response and amplification. There is the magnificent symbolic portrayal of Christ as the bridge. There are specific discussions of discernment, tears (true and false spiritual emotion), truth, the sacramental heart ('mystic body') of the Church, divine providence, obedience. It is not so much a treatise to be read as it is a conversation to be entered into with earnest leisure and leisurely earnest.

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Paulist Press
Language
English, Italian
Pages
398

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Subjects

Mysticism Catholic Church History Christian theology Religion - Classic Works Middle Ages, 600-1500 Religion Christianity - History - General Christianity - General Spiritualiteit Middle Ages Catherine, of siena, saint, 1347-1380 Spiritual Masters Spiritual Theology

Times

Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Cover of: Catherine of Siena
Catherine of Siena : The Dialogue (Classics of Western Spirituality)
April 1980, Paulist Press
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Cover of: The dialogue
The dialogue
1980, Paulist Press
in English and Italian
Cover of: The dialogue
The dialogue
1980, SPCK, S.P.C.K.
in English and Italian

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Edition Notes

Translation of Libro della divina dottrina.

Published in
New York
Series
The Classics of Western spirituality

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
248.2/2
Library of Congress
BV5080 .C2613 1980, BV5080C26131980

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 398 p. ;
Number of pages
398

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL4429786M
ISBN 10
0809122332, 0809102951
LCCN
79056755
OCLC/WorldCat
6213246
LibraryThing
53109
Goodreads
612670
2442823

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL3902849W

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