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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Lee, Paulinus, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1906-1980

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1961

Volume: 1 item(s); 2 pg(s)

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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Lee, Paulinus, Dom, O.C.S.O.".

Biography

Dom Paulinus Lee was the founder of a Trappist monastery on Lantao Island near Hong Kong. Having been born in Peking, he became a entered the Trappist Monastery of Consolation, Yang Kia Ping, in 1919. In 1941, he elected as Titular Prior at Our Lady of Joy, but had to flee Communist oppression and found a new monastery near Hong Kong in the late 1940's. (Source: Web site of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives; originally appearing in the 1980/08/08 edition of Hong Kong's Catholic Sunday Examiner.)

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1961/04/24 TALSto MertonIt was a great honor for me to receive a letter from the famous Thomas Merton. I was FIER [sic] of  distinguishing between Christian contemplation and Taoism - philosophy vs. supernatural revelation / grace and Chinese Jen / is Chinese piety the same as Christian faith? / relation of Tao, Logos, and Verbum Incarnatum / John Wu and Dom Celstinus Lu / Chinese youth - materialism, indifference and superstition
        

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