A Song in the Dark. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of Brother Sun

The Canticle of the Creatures or Canticle of Brother Sun is based on a particular way of perceiving reality. Francis, who had turned away from ‘the world’, discovered a different way of looking at it. This is a divine way of perceiving, in which the senses do not grasp reality, but accept it as it c...

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Main Author: Speelman Willem Marie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-10-01
Series:Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/perc-2016-0010