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The Medieval Church · c. 1343
The Fire of Love
Incendium Amoris
Richard Rolle · c. 1300–1349
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What it is
A hermit's account of the physical warmth, sweetness, and song he experienced in prayer, described with a confidence that irritated more cautious contemporaries.
Why it lasted
The most popular English mystical book of its century, and the target of the Cloud author's warning about mistaking bodily feelings for God.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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