Introduction to the Devout Life (Paperback or Softback)

De Sales, Saint Francis

ISBN 10: 1617202975 / ISBN 13: 9781617202971

Edité par Wilder Publications 3/12/2011, 2011

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Introduction to the Devout Life 0.6.

N° de réf. du vendeur BBS-9781617202971

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Introduction to the Devout Life (Paperback or Softback)
• Éditeur: Wilder Publications 3/12/2011
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1617202975
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781617202971
• Reliure: Paperback or Softback
• État de l'article: New
• Type de livre: Book

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Synopsis

Almost all those who have written concerning the devout life have had chiefly in view persons who have altogether quitted the world; or at any rate they have taught a manner of devotion which would lead to such total retirement. But my object is to teach those who are living in their own households, and whose calling obliges them to a social life, so far as externals are concerned. And so I have shown them that a true steadfast soul may live in the world untainted by worldly breath, finding a well-spring of holy piety amid the bitter waves of society, and hovering amid the flames of earthly lusts without singeing the wings of its devout life.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Francis de Sales’s Introduction to the Devout Life has remained a uniquely accessible and relevant treasure of devotion for nearly four hundred years. As Bishop of Geneva in the first quarter of the seventeenth century, Francis de Sales saw to the spiritual needs of everyone from the poorest peasants to court ladies. The desire to be closer to God that he found in people from all levels of society led him to compile these instructions on how to live in Christ. Francis’s compassionate Introduction leads the reader through practical ways of attaining a devout life without renouncing the world and offers prayers and meditations to strengthen devotion in the face of temptation and hardship.