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Date(s)
- 1953 (date approximate) (Création/Production)
Importance matérielle
1 page(s); Xerox copy of a miscellaneous item.
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Notice biographique
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
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First lines: "to Fathe Vitus of the clerics of St. John's Abbey - from the scholastics of Our Lady of Gethsemani -"... Contents index: [inscription to Father Vitus of St. John Abbey (likely Fr. Vitus Bucher) with Latin text from the Rule of St. Benedict, "ut ab ipsius magisterio numquam discedentes in ejus doctrina usque ad mortem in monasterio perseverantes, passionibus Xti per patientiam participemus, ut et regno ejus mereamur esse consortes." Signed "f M Louis, O.C.S.O."].
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- anglais
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Source immédiate d'acquisition
The donor or source was: Gethsemani Abbey Archives.