Kathleen Jones

Poems of St. John of the Cross

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Produktbeschreibung

The first complete English translation in 40 years. Jones has produced a version aimed at those who wish to pray through the poems, the source of all of St. John's work. It is also a literary delight: simple, direct, and close to the popular romance meter beloved of St. John himself. Spanish and English on facing pages.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 136mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 168g
• ISBN-13: 9780860122104
• ISBN-10: 0860122107
• Artikelnr.: 21670734

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Jones is an editorial consultant to the new Butler's Lives of the Saints and edited two volumes in the series. She is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy in the University of York and was a member of the Archbishops' Commissions on Church and State and Marriage and of General Synod. The author of numerous professional and religious books, she lives in York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Songs of the Soul
I. On a dark night
II. Where are you hiding? (The Spiritual Canticle)
III. O living flame of love
IV. I entered, though I know not where
V. I live, but not within myself
VI. In my pursuit of Love divine
VII. Once a sad young shepherd
VIII. I know that river
Romances
IX. Romance 1: In the beginning the Word
X. Romance 2: In the splendour of love
XI. Romance 3: Son, I wish to give you
XII. Romance 4: Be it so, said the Father
XIII. Romance 5: This glorious hope
XIV. Romance 6: And so through the ages
XV. Romance 7: And now the time came
XVI. Romance 8: He called an archangel
XVII. Romance 9: At last came the hour
Miscellaneous verses
XVIII. Above the running water
XIX. Held fast, yet alone
XX. For all the beauty in the world
XXI. If you meet the Virgin
XXII. Remember the Creator
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