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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Bentley, Eric

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1966

Volume: 1 item(s); 2 pg(s)

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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bentley, Eric".

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1966/06/16 TALSto MertonIt was indeed very good of you to come to see me. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you and having a  doesn't think Merton will stay a priest much longer / Bentley had left priesthood 12 years ago / Merton helped him see Jean Paul Sartre in a new way / "help[ing] Bishop Sheen all I can" / "deep in Trethowan's 'Basis of Belief'" / Fr. Danielou's "Encounter and Religious Experience"
        

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