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Author QuotedClement of Alexandria
Title QuotedStromata. French & Greek. Selections. Stromate II / Clement d'Alexandrie ; introd. et notes de Th. Camelot ; texte grec et trad. de Cl. Mondesert
Date (Year/Month/Day)1961/11/19
ImprintParis : Editions du Cerf. 1954
QuotationReading Clement, the Stromateis, with comfort and consolation. I see no problem at all in his "esotericism." Obviously one cannot tell everybody everything, and there are certain truths for which the vast majority are not and never will be prepared. I cannot talk to the novices about the things which are central in my own spiritual life - or not about many of them, and about none of them directly.
Quotation SourceTurning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4, 1960-1963.; Edited by Victor A. Kramer. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 181
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