Blessed John of Ruysbroeck: The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage, The Sparkling Stone, & The Book of Supreme Truth

by Evelyn Underhill, Jan van Ruusbroec, C.A. Wynschenk

Book Overview

Surnamed the Admirable Doctor, and the Divine Doctor, undoubtedly the foremost of the Flemish mystics, b. at Ruysbroeck, near Brussels, 1293; d. at Groenendael, 2 Dec., 1381. He was blessed with a devout mother, who trained him from infancy in the ways of piety and holiness. Of his father we know nothing; John's only family name, van Ruysbroeck, is taken from his native hamlet. At the age of eleven he forsook his mother, departing without leave or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479335460
• ISBN13: 9781479335466
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"