Gerald Vann (1906–1963)
Author of The Divine Pity
About the Author
Gerald Vann, OP (1906 - 1963) was a school teacher in England when this work was first published. Influenced by Maritain's "integral humanism," he became an able and sympathetic exponent of the ancient sanity of Christian wisdom and spelled it out in forthright and often elegant terms.
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Works by Gerald Vann
The Aquinas Prescription: St. Thomas's Path to a Discerning Heart, a Sane Society, and a Holy Church (1940) 54 copies
To Heaven With Diana!: A Study of Jordan of Saxony and Diana d'Andalò with a Translation of the Letters of Jordan (1960) 25 copies
The wisdom of Boethius 1 copy
Misunderstood Morality 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1906-08-24
- Date of death
- 1963-07-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Organizations
- Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
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The paradise tree by Gerald O.P. Vann
A major part of this work refers to The Mystery of the Mass
Lenten Meditations , the first six being preached in Westminster Cathedral in 1947.
Addresses given on the BBC and in various journals, incl. Launch Out Into the Deep, A Place called Gethsemane, An Outcast for Christ, and much else.
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