Cloud of Unknowing MarcelWilliam Johnston an authority on fourteenth century spirituality and specifically on the writings of this unknown author provides a substantive and accessible introduction detailing what is known about the history of this text and its relevance throughout the ages. Also included here is the author's other principal work, The Book of Privy Counseling a short and moving text on the way to enlightenment through a total loss of self and consciousness only
and inspiration to lead both priests and laity to a more profound love of God's priceless gift of the priesthood
the tradition received from the Apostles
to fuel the expansion of her fundamentalist Roman Catholic beliefs
and should be carried by all
the missionaries from Rome do not know whether they will be welcomed
giving spiritual talks or begging food and money for the poor
and the relation of the Church to the arts and her artists
their acts of humilty that you can imitate
And why are these points of doctrine relevant to securing a proper understanding of Jesus Christ
Mother Riccarda is remembered especially for helping to hide about sixty Italian Jews from the Nazis during the Second World War in her Rome convent
The understanding of the Triune God also brings together a certain "boundedness" that cannot be taken in any way to limit the bounds of the Creator
The trouble with new books is that they prevent us from reading old ones
