Henry Suso
Henry Suso, OP was a German Dominican friar and the most popular vernacular writer of the fourteenth century. An important author in both Latin and Middle High German, he is also notable for defending Meister Eckhart's legacy after Eckhart was posthumously condemned for heresy in 1329. He died in Ulm on 25 January 1366, and was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1831.
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Trending topics shown first"In a detached person nothing merely temporal is born in possessiveness. His eyes are opened. He becomes fully aware and, receiving his blessed existence and life, is one with Him; for all things are h…"
"Here in this region beyond thought the human spirit actively soars. Here in this region beyond thought the human spirit actively soars"
"You and I do not meet on one branch or in one place. You make your way along one path and I along another. Your questions arise from human thinking, and I respond from a knowledge that is far beyond a…"
"Now these people who are taken within, These people who are taken within, because of their boundless immanent oneness with God, see themselves as always and eternally existing because of their boundle…"
"It is hidden for everything that is not God, except for those with whom he wants to share Himself."
"Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr."
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