Great Saints

Résumé du livre

"In his highly praised work, Protestant theologian and author Walter Nigg describes the life and work of eleven saints, illustrating how they too had to struggle against dark forces within, a struggle that they by no means always won: St. Francis of Assisi, Joan of Arc, St. Nicholas von Flue, St. Catherine of Genoa, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Francis de Sales, St. Joseph of Copertino, Gerhard Testeegen, St. John Vianney (cure of Ars), St. Therese of Lisieux. An unknown world emerges when one encounters the saints. New dimensions leave the reader absolutely astonished, dimensions that human language simply cannot describe. The direct relationship with the divine, the religious profundity of the saints' wisdom and their subtle understanding of the soul are almost without parallel in the history of spirituality. In order to gain access to them, one requires an inner disposition to experience new realities that do not coincide with one's own, realities that consequently cannot be judged in any ordinary terms" --Website.