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One of the most influential German mystical writers of the fourteenth century, Johannes Tauler (c. 1300–1361) spent his life as a mendicant preacher in the Order of Preachers. These selected sermons show Tauler’s emphasis on the via negativa together with his insistence on the importance of cataphatic mysticism and the merits of an active life.

Caro mea vere est cibus et sanguis meus vere est potus My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink (Jn 6:55) The fourth interpretation of the Blessed Sacrament treats of two kinds of obstacles, one habitual, the other occasional. Both hinder man’s spiritual progress, so that he cannot receive the benefits of the Lord’s Supper. Those sins which appear repeatedly, some graver than others, are given individual attention. “My flesh is truly food, and My
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