Catherine of Genoa
Subtitle: Purgation and Purgatory, The Spiritual Dialogue (Classics of Western Spirituality)
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: November 1979
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780809122073
Subjects: Biography: general; Christianity; Middle Ages, 600-1500; Early works to 1800; Religion; Biography / Autobiography; History; Mysticism; Christian Theology - Eschatology; General; Christianity - Theology - Eschatology; Christianity - General; Purgatory
First sentence: WHILE still in the flesh this blessed soul [Catherine] experienced the fiery love of God, a love that consumed her, cleansing and purifying all, so that once quitted this life she could appear forthwith in God's presence.