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The Medieval Church · c. 1240–1260
The Seven Steps of Prayer
David of Augsburg · c. 1200–1272
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What it is
A novice master's practical guidance on the stages of prayer and the reform of the inner and outer person, written without visionary claims of any kind.
Why it lasted
The standard Franciscan formation manual for centuries, and a model of sober spiritual instruction in an age of extremes.
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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