1964-07-14 (#01), TL[d] Bea from Merton, 'Yesterday I had the very great pleasure of speaking at some length with Rabbi'

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1964-07-14 (#01), TL[d] Bea from Merton, 'Yesterday I had the very great pleasure of speaking at some length with Rabbi'

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2 page(s); Draft copy of a typed letter (not signed).

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(1915-1968)

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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: "Yesterday I had the very great pleasure of speaking at some length with Rabbi Abraham Heschel who"... Contents index: [1st draft] Jewish Chapter of the Second Vatican Council / need for healing between Christians and Jews to serve both faiths / the fear of alienation with Moslems countered with reinforcement of the status of all "people of the Book" in the «Koran» / promises to Abraham / Protestant ecumenism.

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    Hidden Ground of Love

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    from Thomas Merton to: Bea, Augustine, Cardinal

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