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1955/August/20 (#02)
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Type: transcript - Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after original.
To/From: to Merton from "Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978"-->
# of pages: 2
Published in: Thomas Merton and the Noonday Demon
First Lines: "I am writing to you with a good deal of delay, I know, and on your one question which would have"
Contents: [English translation of letter of the same date from Montini] regarding whether Merton should leave Gethsemani and join the Camaldolese / advises against this change for practical reasons - Camaldolese unstable at present, leaving Gethsemani would scandalize readers - Merton should listen to his heart but obey his abbot
Language: English
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Date added: 2004
Unique identifier: Section A- "Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978:"
1955/August/20 (#02)
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