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Complete Works The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross
John of the Cross · 1577–1591 · Book
For readers who want all of John in one place; the individual works are catalogued separately and are better reading copies.
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Teresa of Ávila · 1577 · Book
For readers ready for her mature teaching: the soul as a castle of seven mansions, from first conversion to union; read after the Life and the Way.
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Girolamo Zanchi · 1577 · Treatise
Girolamo Zanchi's De Natura Dei emerged from the theological ferment of late sixteenth-century Reformed orthodoxy, when Protestant scholastics were developing systematic frameworks to articulate and defend Reformed doctrine. Writing as professor at…
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John of the Cross · 1577–1584 · Treatise
For readers drawn to the mystical love of God described as a love story between the soul and Christ; read after the Dark Night.
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John of the Cross · 1578 · Treatise
For anyone passing through a time when prayer and faith have gone dry: the classic account of that darkness and why it is a gift; best read after the poem it explains.
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John of the Cross · 1578–1591 · Poem
For readers of mystical poetry: a gloss on wanting the "I know not what" beyond all beauty.
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John of the Cross · 1578 · Poem
For any reader: the fountain known by faith though it is night; short and memorable.
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John of the Cross · 1578–1580 · Poem
For readers of mystical poetry: a short poem on knowing God beyond knowledge.
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John of the Cross · 1578 · Poem
For readers of devotional poetry: the soul longing to die and see God, on a theme shared with Teresa.
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John of the Cross · 1578 · Poem
For readers of Advent devotion: five lines on the Virgin bearing the Word, asking for lodging. There is no public-domain English translation; reachable here only in Spanish.
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John of the Cross · 1578 · Poem
For everyone: eight stanzas, among the greatest poems in Spanish, and the best first thing of his to read.
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John of the Cross · 1578–1579 · Poem
For readers of the Psalms: Psalm 137 paraphrased as a poem of exile and love, written in prison.
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John of the Cross · 1578–1579 · Poem
For readers who want the Trinity, creation and the Incarnation told as a simple ballad sequence.
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John of the Cross · 1578–1579 · Other
For students of the Ascent: John's own sketch of the path up the mountain, with its sayings; a picture rather than a text.
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John of the Cross · 1578–1584 · Poem
For any reader of poetry or prayer; the poem the Spiritual Canticle commentary explains, and worth reading on its own first.
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John of the Cross · 1578 · Poem
For readers of mystical poetry: a gloss on living without support and with support in God.
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Caspar Olevianus · 1579 · Commentary
Caspar Olevianus's commentary on Romans emerged from the turbulent theological landscape of sixteenth-century Reformed Protestantism, written by one of the principal architects of the Heidelberg Catechism. Published in 1579, this systematic exposition…
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Unity of the Brethren scholars · 1579 · Scripture
The Bible of Kralice is a landmark Czech Bible, produced by scholars of the Unity of Brethren and named for the Moravian town of Kralice, where it was printed in the later…
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John of the Cross · 1579–1585 · Treatise
For readers serious about the spiritual life who want the demanding, practical companion to the Dark Night: detachment from everything that is not God; not a first book.
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Luis de León · 1580–1591 · Commentary
Luis de León's commentary on the Book of Job emerged from his profound engagement with biblical wisdom literature during his years as a professor of theology at the University of Salamanca. Writing…
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Luis de León · 1580 · Commentary
Luis de León's Latin commentary on the Song of Solomon emerged from his scholarly work as an Augustinian friar and professor of theology at the University of Salamanca during the Spanish Golden…
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Ostrog scholarly circle under Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski · 1581 · Scripture
Printed in 1581 at Ostroh in Volhynia, under the patronage of Prince Konstantin Ostrogski and with the press work of Ivan Fedorov, the Ostrog Bible was the first complete printed Bible in…
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John of the Cross · 1581–1591 · Letter
For readers who want John as a director of souls: short letters of advice to nuns and friends.
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John of the Cross · 1582 · Poem
For any reader: a short pastoral poem on Christ's love on the cross.
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