Sainte edith stein, ou la soif de la vérité
Conrad De Meester - Collection Epiphanie
Résumé
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Edith Stein, a German Jew, was born in Breslau on the October 12, 1891. This eminent philosopher, who converted to Christianity and became a Carmelite nun under the name of Teresia Benedicta of the Cross, died at Auschwitz-Birkenau during the Second World War. She was canonised in 1998, and the following year was declared Patron of Europe by John Paul II. Her German name Stein means 'stone'. Appropriately, because Edith, like a multi-facetted diamond, was solid, pure and radiant. All throughout her life, Edith ceaselessly refined her research: what is the meaning of life? What is our ultimate destiny? In 1921, after investigating many paths of thought, she was moved by the words of a fellow Jew, Jesus: 'I am the truth'. She was convinced. From that moment on, without the slightest hesitation, the diamond radiated in the splendour of Jesus's light. Edith, who had been a master, became a disciple and the restless researcher became a serene and intrepid witness. The philosopher embarked upon a final, unconditional phase: that of the highest form of Love. She espoused Truth, and embraced and adored it in the fullest sense. Later, in 1938, when Nazism and the hatred of Jews were at their height, she confided to a female friend, referring to her religious nomenclature: 'Today I certainly have a much clearer understanding of what it means to have espoused the Lord under the sign of the Cross. But no one can ever fully understand, it is a Mystery.' It is this extraordinary life, this very beautiful holiness that Conrad De Meester describes in his concise, illuminating and well-documented volume.
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PAPIER | NUMERIQUE | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf | |
Auteur(s) | Conrad De Meester | |
Collection | Epiphanie | |
Parution | 07/02/2013 | 07/02/2013 |
Nb. de pages | 84 | - |
Format | 13.5 x 19.5 | - |
Couverture | Broché | - |
Poids | 116g | - |
Contenu | - |
ePub |
EAN13 | 9782204099424 |
9782204112604 |
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