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An Introduction to the Devout Life

An Introduction to the Devout Life

Francis de Sales

Paperback

Christian Living

ISBN10: 1420957872
ISBN13: 9781420957877
Publisher: Digireads.Com
Published: Jun 6 2018
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

First published in 1609 An Introduction to the Devout Life is Saint Francis de Sales work which belongs to the Christian tradition of Lectio Divina or Divine Reading. Like Thomas à Kempis' The Imitation of Christ it is a work intended to provide guidance to the individual desiring spiritual direction in order to lead a more devout life. Based on a series of letters between Francis and his cousin, Madame Marie de Charmoisy, who as the wife of an ambassador of the Duke of Savoy was struggling with the distractions to faith associated with court life, An Introduction to the Devout Life was crafted from those original letters into a guide for a more general audience. Through five parts Francis discusses the aspiration to a devout life, the use of prayer and sacraments, the personal characteristics of virtue necessary to the devout life, the challenge of temptation and how to overcome it, and the practices for renewing and confirming the soul in devotion. An immensely popular work of Christian spirituality An Introduction to the Devout Life remains as relevant today as when it was first published. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

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