Introduction to the Devout Life
Start Publishing PD · Hardcover · May 8, 2024
Almost all those who have written concerning the devout life have had chiefly in view persons who have altogether quitted the world; or at any rate they have taught a manner of devotion which would lead to such total retirement.
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- Who it’s for
- Francis de Sales considers how devotion can persist amid household and social obligations.
- Genres
- Catholicism, Prayer & Devotion, Calling & Vocation (Christian)
- Published
- Start Publishing PD, May 8, 2024
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Almost all those who have written concerning the devout life have had chiefly in view persons who have altogether quitted the world; or at any rate they have taught a manner of devotion which would lead to such total retirement. But my object is to teach those who are living in their own households and whose calling obliges them to a social life so far as externals are concerned.
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And so I have shown them that a true stedfast soul may live in the world untainted by worldly breath.
Devotion in Daily Life
Francis de Sales considers how devotion can persist amid household and social obligations.
Come here for
- Devotion within household life
- Spiritual practice amid social obligations
Expect
- Guidance for those whose calling keeps them in the world
- A contrast with total retirement from worldly life
Where it sits
| Calling & Vocation (Christian) | 46% |
|---|---|
| Prayer & Devotion | 26% |
| Catholicism | 25% |
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Publisher categories
- Spirituality
- Prayer
- Authors
- Francis de Sales
- Publisher
- Start Publishing PD
- Published
- May 8, 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Spirituality