| Dream of Gerontius Contributor(s): Newman, John Henry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1647985358 ISBN-13: 9781647985356 Publisher: Antiquarius OUR PRICE: $18.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Religion | Christianity - Catholic |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.62 lbs) 82 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This poem by Saint John Henry Newman, English theologist, Catholic priest and poet of the 19th century portrays the story of a dead man's soul as it leaves from his deathbed into his final judgement. In it, Gerontius, literally translating to an old man in Greek, dies a faithful and pious death and then turns into "The Soul" that ends up into the Purgatory by God's last judgement. Very thought-provoking for a Catholic text, the poem offers a philosophical scope and a skepticism in a poetic style not unlike Dante's. |