A Poet Before the Cross Maritain throws the reader headlong into

throws the reader headlong into the mystery of evil and the drama of salvation

Poised and precise

the providential identity and mission of the Church

ISBN: 978-1949899047

Conservatism is too often conservation of the wrong things: liberalism a relaxation of discipline

A Poet Before the Cross Maritain throws the reader headlong intoBy Paul Claudel A Poet Before the Cross is an impassioned testimony of faith, made through a series of meditations on the Cross and Christs seven last words. The title is perfectly intentional: Claudel as a poet stands, kneels, prays, and writes at the foot of the Cross, employing the full extent of and his literary genius and his explosive eloquence in this contemplation of the divine suffering and its salvific effects. Staunchly upholding the unity