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St. John of the Cross was a Spanish Christian mystic in the sixteenth century.
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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St. John of the Cross was a Spanish Christian mystic in the sixteenth century.
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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St. John of the Cross was a Spanish Christian mystic in the sixteenth century.
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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No mention of Torquemada, who made the Spanish Inquisition a precursor of modern ideological persecution; or of Holy Week in Seville, with its special cult of penance; or of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila, standard-bearers of Spanish Christianity.
Taking A Separate Path David Pryce-Jones 2011
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St. John of the Cross, the 16th century Carmelite priest, described it as a confrontation, or a healing and process of purification of what lies within on the journey toward union with God.
Lisa Sharon Harper: Our National Dark Night Of The Soul Lisa Sharon Harper 2011
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St. John of the Cross, the 16th century Carmelite priest, described it as a confrontation, or a healing and process of purification of what lies within on the journey toward union with God.
Lisa Sharon Harper: Our National Dark Night Of The Soul Lisa Sharon Harper 2011
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It is not a desire for "I know not what," as St. John of the Cross put it, but for "I know exactly what."
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In an alcove a statue of St. John of the Cross with bowed head seemed to be praying for those who entered into the sparsely furnished room.
Crusade Nancy Holder 2010
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She began to dream of St. John of the Cross in his dark cell, praying.
Crusade Nancy Holder 2010
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Almost every poem St. John of the Cross wrote in praise of God reads like an erotic poem.
Michele Somerville: Sex and the City of God, Part 3: Homophobia and the War on Eros 2010
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