Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Kinsella, Nivard, Fr., O.C.S.O., d. 2010" file

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1953/December/04 

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Type:  TLS - Typed signed letter.

To/From:  to Merton from "Kinsella, Nivard, Fr., O.C.S.O., d. 2010"-->

# of pages:  3

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First Lines:  "About a year ago your book "Ascent to Truth" was read in our refectory, and a passage in it caught"

Contents:  Kinsella, though expressing positive feedback overall with Merton's book The Ascent to Truth, takes issue with an assertion about modern Thomists (or would like to know Merton's source for his claim) and finds Merton's presentation of "acquired contemplation" and "infused contemplation" to be confusing

Language:  English

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Unique identifier:  Section A- "Kinsella, Nivard, Fr., O.C.S.O., d. 2010:"    1953/December/04