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Dialog of Catherine of Siena - Enhanced Version Kindle Edition

by St. Catherine of Siena (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
The Dialog of Catherine of Siena is a practical and compelling work of Christian mysticism. St. Catherine of Siena, a Dominican Tertiary, wrote it "during a state of ecstasy while in dialogue with God the Father." The book contains a dialog between the "Eternal Father" (God the Father) and "a human soul" (St. Catherine). In it, the Eternal Father describes, through many different analogies, allegories, and metaphors, the spiritual life of humankind. In his description, the Eternal Father emphasizes the importance of cultivating virtue, continually praying, and the need for obedience. Written at a time of spiritual and political upheaval, the Dialog of Catherine of Siena remains relevant even to the present day, and any reader will profit from the sound advice throughout this dialogue. Instructive and profound, the Dialog of Catherine of Siena inspires with a revelation from God.

Tim Perrine
CCEL Staff Writer

This edition features an artistic cover, a new promotional introduction, and a hierarchical table of contents which makes it possible to navigate to any part of the book with a minimum of page turns.
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  1. Print length
    246 pages
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    English
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  4. Publication date
    June 11, 2009
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002CZQIHU
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Christian Classics Ethereal Library
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 11, 2009
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1.1
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 583 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 246 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Best Sellers Rank: #1,269,581 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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    4.3 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

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"...This is God talking to us and instructing us clearly. There is also much talk about how He feels about His priests, worthy and wretched a like." Read more

"...You can read this book over and over and still learn wonderful things." Read more

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"heavy read...not for everybody...." Read more

"...I love the image of Jesus as a bridge. You can read this book over and over and still learn wonderful things." Read more

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  • Carson
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is the manual on how to live
    Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2019
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    Everyone should read this book; the world would be a much better place. As people jest about there not being a manual to life, this is it. This is God talking to us and instructing us clearly. There is also much talk about how He feels about His priests, worthy and wretched a like.
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  • M. Akers
    5.0 out of 5 stars Getting God the Father's perspective is fascinating
    Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2012
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    We learn much of God the Father from the Old Testament but in this dialogue with Catherine we get His perspective on the pain of sending His Son and having Him rejected by the very people He came to save. I love the image of Jesus as a bridge. You can read this book over and over and still learn wonderful things.
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  • K. A. Broszkowski
    3.0 out of 5 stars Enhanced means abbreviated and simplified
    Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2018
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    Unfortunately this is an abridged version and it lacks quite a lot of the original text of the book. The original headings are missing. I found "The Bridge" and "The Mystic Body of Holy Church" at least partially contained in this edition in the part called by the translator and editor "Treatise on discretion". The "Treatise on tears" is in the part called "Treatise on prayer".
    I haven't found the treatise called "The Way of Perfection", which in original edition opens the book.

    Regarding the translation. I have found one example of not very fortunate simplification ("enhancing"?).
    In numerous passages God spoke to Catherine of what the translator rendered as "the stain of Adam's sin", in other translation, "the pus of Adam's sin". The latter rendering seems to be more accurate as it better fits to the whole figure of healing. God tells e.g. in 14th paragraph of the chapter called "Dialogue" (Here "A Treatise of Discretion") about the Incarnation of His son who brought healing to human race:

    "And in this way was destroyed the stain of Adam's sin, only the mark of it remaining behind, that is an inclination to sin, and to every sort of corporeal defect, like the cicatrice which remains when a man is healed of a wound... the great Physician, that is to say of My only-begotten Son, cured this invalid, He drinking this bitter medicine."

    In other translation I found in the Web, this image of healing is rendered better: "So the pus was drained out of Adam's sin, leaving only its scar, that is, the inclination to sin and every sort of physical weakness like the scar that remains after a wound has healed... But when the great doctor came (My only-begotten Son) He tended that wound, drinking Himself the bitter medicine".

    I don't have access to the original Italian edition, so I do not know which word is actualy used there. The Polish translation, published by the Dominicans in 2012 has: "...was destroyed the venom of Adam's sin" ("został zniszczony jad grzechu Adama").
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  • Raymond A.
    4.0 out of 5 stars heavy read... not for everybody.. ...
    Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2017
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    heavy read...not for everybody....
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  • Shirley Kharsa
    5.0 out of 5 stars I highly recommend this book for anyone who is trying to deepen ...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2014
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    I can't begin to express the importance of this book. It is difficult to grasp every nuance in the first or even second reading. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is trying to deepen their faith life.
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  • tom palecek
    5.0 out of 5 stars I read it aost every day. I believe it's ...
    Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2015
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    I read it aost every day. I believe it's words are comforting and inspiring!
    The daily use is very helpful in keeping me focused on Jesus Christ!
    We all need guidance and Catherine provides it.
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  • Tassie Lou
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dialog of Catherine of Siena-Enhanced Version
    Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2015
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    I am looking forward to reading and utilizing this book.
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  • Duddi Tamayo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2014
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    I give it 5 because I can't give 10
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