ISBN10: 0809134276, ISBN13: 9780809134274, [publisher: Paulist Press 1996-01-01, Mahwah] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1996]

ISBN10: 0809134276, ISBN13: 9780809134274, [publisher: Paulist Press International,U.S., Mahwah] Softcover Paperback. The Classics series, which has inspired many less-successful imitations over the years, has fulfilled its promise and given us an invaluable resource of the soul.The Catholic Historical ReviewMarguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Soulstranslated and introduced by Ellen L. Babinskypreface by Robert E. LernerLOVE: This Soul has within her the mistress of the Virtues, whom one calls Divine Love, who has transformed her completely into herself, is united to her, and which is why this Soul belongs neither to herself nor to the Virtues.Reason: But who are you, Love? says Reason. Are not you one of the Virtues with us even though you be above us?Love: I am God, says Love, for Love is God and God is Love, and this Soul is God by the condition of Love. Thus this precious beloved of mine is taught and guided by me, without herself, for she is transformed into me, and such a perfect one, says Love, takes my nourishment.Marguerite Porete (?-1310)We know very little about Marguerite Porete, only that she was a beguine from Hainaut who was burned at the stake as a relapsed heretic in 1310. She might have been a solitary itinerant beguine who expounded her teachings to interested listeners. She wrote The Mirror of Simple Souls in Old French sometime between 1296 and 1306.The format of the text is a dialogue among allegorical figures who represent the nature of ...