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Life of the Servant
Henry Suso
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'If this is not heaven, I do not know what heaven is, for all the suffering that can ever be put into words, could not enable anyone to earn such a reward and for ever possess it.' A central figure in Christian mystical literature, the Dominican Prior Henry Suso was the author of the seminal work The Life of the Servant. Transcribed by an enlightened amanuensis without his explicit consent, Suso began burning the manuscript until a heavenly missive from God decreed that the text should be spared further desecration. The remaining fragments of that conflagration are vividly resurrected ... Read more
'If this is not heaven, I do not know what heaven is, for all the suffering that can ever be put into words, could not enable anyone to earn such a reward and for ever possess it.' A central figure in Christian mystical literature, the Dominican Prior Henry Suso was the author of the seminal work The Life of the Servant. Transcribed by an enlightened amanuensis without his explicit consent, Suso began burning the manuscript until a heavenly missive from God decreed that the text should be spared further desecration. The remaining fragments of that conflagration are vividly resurrected ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718893439
SKU
V9780718893439
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About Henry Suso
Henry Suso (1300-66) was a German Dominican friar and a noted spiritual writer and mystic. His other spiritual writings include the Horologium Sapientiae (The Clock of Wisdom) and Exemplar Seuses (The Exemplar). James M. Clark, late Professor of German at Glasgow University, is the author of The Great German Mystics: Eckhart, Tauler and Suso.
Reviews for Life of the Servant
"The Life of the Servant presents characteristics usually associated to religious literature, like The Confessions of St. Augustine and The Imitation of Christ. It collects several personal experiences, told shortly but brightly. They are characterized from the typical literary expressiveness that introduces the medieval amorous poetry into a religious and sacred field. " Dialogo Filosofico vol III, issue 14, ... Read more