Elder Sophrony speaks from his own experience of Godforsakenness with eyes transformed by his vision of Christ in Glory. Elder Sophrony represents one of the most articulate voices of the Orthodox Patristic tradition in our present times. Hieromonk Nicholas (Sakharov), in his study of Elder Sophrony I Love Therefore I Am, suggests such a comparison and this suggestion forms the impetus for the greater exploration conducted within the present thesis. The purpose of this thesis is to compare the experience of Godforsakenness, described by Elder Sophrony (+1993), and the Dark Night in the writings of the 16th century Carmelite monk, John of the Cross (1542-1591). Raymund of Capua and Alexander Jandel are notable among his many writings. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, known as the “Angelicum,” and his biographies of Bl. He founded the Pontifical University of St. Working for the revival of the Order of Preachers, he served as Novice Master, Prior, Provincial, and eventually as the sev-enty-sixth Master of the Order. Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier (1832-1916) was born in Orleans, France on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Cormier demonstrates how to maintain the essential and ancient elements of a religious tradition while adapting them to new circumstances. Seeing how his Order was restored after it nearly disappeared, Bl. Cormier shows the reader the path to Christian perfection.

His introductory letter, along with an introductory essay by Basil Cole, O.P, is included.

An abbreviated version of Instructions for Novices, translated here, was reprinted in 1950 by the Master of the Order at the time, Fr. Written by Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier in 1880, the work is the fruit of his experience, learning, and sanctity. Instructions for Novices provides the practical and spiritual principles that undergirded the Dominican renewal.

He led the children of Saint Dominic to God with his wisdom and competence, making them true sons and witnesses of the Kingdom.” - John Paul II During the Nineteenth Century, when religious life was on the verge of disap-pearing, the Order of Preachers entered a new springtime. “In his life, Father Cormier had lived constantly for truth and transmitted it to all his Dominican brothers with humility and perseverance.

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