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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-028-#01
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Item
Title
1965-04-05, TL[c] Bass from Merton, 'I am happy to say a word to your fellow members of the Guild of St Paul in your'
Date(s)
- 1965 April 5 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
Name of creator
(1915-1968)
Biographical history
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… Read more
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Scope and content
First lines: "I am happy to say a word to your fellow members of the Guild of St Paul in your parish: you leave"... Contents index: faith of converts vs. "cradle Catholics" / value of perspective of converts / changes in the Catholic Church / value of… Read more
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Languages of the material
- English
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Publication notes
Witness to Freedom
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Bass, Richard