The Reformation · 1554
The Book of Prayer and Meditation
Luis de Granada · 1504–1588
What it is
A method of mental prayer with meditations for every day of the week, written in Spanish for ordinary readers rather than for religious.
Why it lasted
One of the bestselling devotional books in European history, translated into every major language and read by Protestants who removed the author's name.
Where to read it
This work is in the public domain and can be read in full, free, at the archives below. The Library catalogues it; it does not host the text.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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