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Publication Date: 19 Jan 2017
Series: Christian Classics Library
Publisher: SPCK Publishing
Page Count: 120
Author: John of the Cross
ISBN-13: 9780281077113, 9780281077120

The Living Flame of Love

By John of the Cross
A poem and commentary on the soul’s response to God, which is a classic of Spanish literature.
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Summary of The Living Flame of Love

St John of the Cross was a Carmelite friar and mystic who lived in Spain in the second half of the sixteenth century. He helped Teresa of Avila with her reform of the Carmelite Order and was imprisoned for political reasons.

He wrote this beautiful poem on the love between the soul and God while in prison in Toledo. The work consists of the poem and a prose commentary on it.


‘Justly celebrated as a milestone in Spanish literature as well as a spiritual classic.’ (Baroness Cox, from the Introduction)

About the Author of The Living Flame of Love

Baroness Caroline Cox is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords, and founder and CEO of the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust.

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