Carta A Un Religioso by Simone Weil
A reflective exploration of the obstacles to entering the institutional Church, it argues for the primacy of truth, conscience, and pure love of God over obedience to authority and sacramental formalism. It questions dogmatic certainties, critiques the idolatry of institutions, and urges reverence for other religious traditions and for the afflicted. Through rigorous honesty and attention, it seeks a faith grounded in compassion and reality rather than belonging, proposing that genuine sanctity arises from humility, attention to suffering, and unconditioned love of the good.
- Published
- 1951
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 150-200
- Original Language
- French
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(4.0)
- Alternate Titles
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- Letter to a Priest
- Lettre à un religieux
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