false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174431843m/398834.jpg 398834 21 Devout life does not require withdrawal from the world. This was the central insight of Saint Francis de Sales, a 16th-century priest whose <I>Introduction to the Devout Life</I> has not gone out of print in almost four centuries. Francis served the church at a dangerous time in a dangerous place: during the Reformation, in Calvinist areas of France, when celebrating mass was punishable by death. He was a popular minister and a prolific letter writer whose correspondence was cherished for its clear and direct instruction in the ways of piety. The book collects passages from many of those letters, organized as one message addressed to the allegorical character Philothea (which means "lover of God"). The book includes long sections about prayer, temptation, and how to maintain and renew devotion to God. But it is most distinguished by its discussion of how to live a holy life in the secular world. Each chapter (such as "How to Combine Due Care for a Good Reputation with Humility") is frank, uncannily modern, and precise. <I>--Michael Joseph Gross</I> 388282 1942 Introduction to the Devout Life total:103|5:59|4:30|3:12|2:2|1:0| 103 455 207 22 398834 0375725628 9780375725623 65 14 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174431843m/398834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398834.Introduction_to_the_Devout_Life 0 0 false Sat May 30 18:45:53 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 20:42:06 -0700 2009 this 1885 edition. ...more...]]> 398834 0375725628 9780375725623 65 14 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174431843m/398834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398834.Introduction_to_the_Devout_Life 5 2 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jul 20 16:24:30 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 16:26:03 -0700 2007 398834 0375725628 9780375725623 65 14 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174431843m/398834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398834.Introduction_to_the_Devout_Life 5 1 false Sat Apr 19 15:31:47 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 01:12:19 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 20:38:12 -0700 2008 398834 0375725628 9780375725623 65 14 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174431843m/398834.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398834.Introduction_to_the_Devout_Life 3 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Feb 03 12:49:59 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 12:49:59 -0800 2008
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