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The Medieval Church · c. 1125–1136

The Meditations

Guigo I · 1083–1136

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What it is

Private notes of extraordinary bleakness and precision on self-deception, on wanting to be thought good, and on the difference between loving God and loving one's feelings about God.

Why it lasted

Never meant for publication, and the most modern-sounding spiritual writing of the twelfth century.

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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