Luis de León: The Names of Christ (Classics of Western Spirituality) - Softcover

Luis De León

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809125617 ISBN 13: 9780809125616

Publisher: Paulist Press, 1983

Synopsis

"Whatever it was you expected when you heard about the new Classics of Western Spirituality™ series from Paulist Press, forget it. The real thing is better." The Crux of Prayer Luis de León: The Names of Christ translated and introduced by Manuel Duran and William Kluback preface by J. Ferrater Mora As Christ is a source or rather is an ocean which holds in itself all that is sweet and meaningful that belongs to man, in the same way the study of his person, the revelation of the treasure, is the most meaningful and dearest of all knowledge. Luis de León (1527-1591) The Names of Christ is a masterpiece of the Golden Age of Spain. Written in the style of a pastoral novel, the work is a meditation on the philosophical and theological significance of the names of Christ. Based on a careful examination of ten names given Christ in the Scriptures, the book reflects elements of Augustinian, Jewish, and Islamic spirituality that were part of sixteenth-century Spain. Luis de León was born in 1527 in Belmonte, a small village in the Castile region of Spain. An Augustinian friar, a brilliant professor, an artful poet, he was a true Renaissance man whose vision of the fullness of Christ sustained him in the face of persecution at the hands of the Inquisition and infused his writing with a sensitivity that has made The Names of Christ a treasure of Spanish literature and a classic of Catholic mysticism. †

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About the Author

Manuel Duran is professor of Spanish literature (emeritus), Yale University. Fay R. Rogg is chairman and professor of Spanish, Modern Languages Department, Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City University of New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809125617
• ISBN 13: 9780809125616
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416