The golden string
/ Bede Griffiths O.S.B.
Language: Αγγλικά.Country: Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο (Μεγάλη Βρετανία).Publication: London : Collins, 1954Description: 168 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 0006278442 (hbk.).Dewey: 248.24602 (Edition 23rd)Old Classification: Δ5 (Μοναχοί)Abstract: This is the life story of Don Bede Griffiths, now a Benedictine monk of Prinknash Abbey, in England. It opens with a mystical experience of school days which led Griffiths to becoming a sensitive nature worshiper -- but with steadily diminishing religious faith. Then, under the influence of C.S. Lewis at Oxford, he launched into a wide program of reading philosophy and literature. Disillusioned by World War I, Griffiths and two friends cut themselves off from the world in a ""return to nature"", living in a remote cottage, entering gradually on a regime of fasting, then Bible reading and prayer. By degrees, Griffiths became intrigued by the Catholic Church and finally was baptised and soon thereafter entered monastic life.Subject - Topical Name: θρησκευτικές μεταστροφές | βενεδικτίνοι | ρωμαιοκαθολικός μοναχισμός | αυτοβιογραφία Item type:
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| Paraklitos Library Κεντρικά Βιβλιοστάσια | Άσκηση & Μοναχισμός | 248.24602 GriB g 1954 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available |
Summary or Abstract: This is the life story of Don Bede Griffiths, now a Benedictine monk of Prinknash Abbey, in England. It opens with a mystical experience of school days which led Griffiths to becoming a sensitive nature worshiper -- but with steadily diminishing religious faith. Then, under the influence of C.S. Lewis at Oxford, he launched into a wide program of reading philosophy and literature. Disillusioned by World War I, Griffiths and two friends cut themselves off from the world in a ""return to nature"", living in a remote cottage, entering gradually on a regime of fasting, then Bible reading and prayer. By degrees, Griffiths became intrigued by the Catholic Church and finally was baptised and soon thereafter entered monastic life.
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