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The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena (1517) - Page 17 - Source Library

The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena

Catharine of Siena · 1517

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Concerning Saint Catherine

To Manifest


God manifests Himself to the soul in many ways.	Chapter 61.
How it is understood when Christ says: "He who will manifest himself to us." original: "chi manifestara si medesimo a noi"; likely referring to John 14:21, "I will manifest myself to him."	Chapter 2.

Minister


Ecclesiastical ministers, regarding those who serve under the priest. original: "circa de soto sacerdote"; this section likely discusses the hierarchy and duties of the clergy.

Mercy


On the mercy of God.	[Chapters] 30, 31, 44.

The World


Lovers of worldly pleasures drown in the water that passes under the figurative bridge. term: figurative bridge (ponte figurato) — a central metaphor in Catherine's "Dialogues" where Christ is described as a bridge spanning the stormy river of the world, providing a safe passage to Heaven.	Chapter 27.
On the misery of those who pass through the river of the world and not by the bridge.	Chapter 31.
Worldly people travel with greater labor than the servants of God. Catherine argues that serving the world is more exhausting and painful than serving God.	Chapter 28.
Lovers of the world fall into pain while wishing to flee it; and a beautiful vision of a tree.	Chapter 44.
Lovers of the world have more labors in this world than the just.	Chapter 45.
Goods received in this world fatten the soul for the slaughterhouse. original: "becharia" — a butcher's shop or slaughterhouse; a vivid image suggesting that worldly indulgence only prepares the soul for spiritual death.	Chapter 46.
Lovers of the world are never satisfied; and concerning their pains.	Chapter 48.
On the way to exit the sea of the world.	Chapter 54.
Worldly people are struck by four winds: namely, prosperity, adversity, fear, and conscience.	Chapter 94.
On the conscience of worldly people, and how they go about fleeing it.	Chapter 94.
One cannot love God and the world.	[Chapter] 133.
Worldly people are martyrs of the devil. Catherine describes the suffering of sinners as a form of "martyrdom" for a cruel master, the devil, contrasting it with the holy suffering of Christian martyrs.	Chapter 94, at the end of the chapter.

Death


On the death of sinners.	Chapters 36, 137.

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