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The Reformation · 1623
Discourse on the State and Grandeurs of Jesus
Pierre de Bérulle · 1575–1629
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What it is
A christocentric spirituality of adoration and self-abasement before the incarnate Word, with the human person defined by its capacity to be possessed by God.
Why it lasted
The founding text of the French school of spirituality, which shaped Catholic priestly formation for three centuries.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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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