1953-11-10, TALS to Merton, 'It was ever so good to receive your letter of October 19th, and to learn that the'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-013-#20

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Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

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1953-11-10, TALS to Merton, 'It was ever so good to receive your letter of October 19th, and to learn that the'

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  • 1953 November 1 (Creation)

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2 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.

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Ahern, Barnabas Mary, Fr., C.P.
(1915-1995)

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Fr. Barnabas Ahern was a Passionist priest involved in a new Catholic Bible translation effort. He offered Merton advice on biblical instruction, instruction of novices, and reviewed Merton's early manuscripts and books. See the following link for more information on Fr. Ahern: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92274263.

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First lines: "It was ever so good to receive your letter of October 19th, and to learn that the struggle still"... Contents index: addresses Merton's complaints of Gethsemani and its artificiality / authorship of Deutero-Isaiah / Jeremias / "parallels between the Bible and extra-biblical sources / suggestions for conference on saintly priest / Soloviev.

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    to Thomas Merton from: Ahern, Barnabas Mary, Fr., C.P.

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