Henry Suso: The Exemplar, with Two German Sermons

by Henry Suso

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 1989

Overview

This book is a masterpiece of medieval literature and spirituality from the fourteenth-century German Dominican mystic Henry Suso (1300–1366). With this volume, modern readers and students of history will be able to delve into the writing of Suso and compare his insights to earlier and later saints’ discussion of theology and spirituality.

Key Features

• A clear presentation of classic spirituality in an accessible form
• Fully integrates and cross references with other resources from your Logos library
• A primary source that is useful for research and historical study regarding medieval expressions of Christian faith

Product Details

• Title: Henry Suso: The Exemplar, with Two German Sermons
• Author: Henry Suso
• Series: The Classics of Western Spirituality
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 1989
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 448
• Era: era:medieval
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Mysticism › Early works to 1800; Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366
• ISBNs: 0809104075, 0809129868, 9780809104079, 9780809129867
• Resource ID: LLS:HNRYSSXMPLR
• Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-03-11T21:45:38Z

About Henry Suso

Henry Suso (Also called Amandus, a name adopted in his writings, and Heinrich Seuse in German) was a German mystic, born at Überlingen on Lake Constance on March 21, c. 1300; he died at Ulm, January 25, 1366; declared Blessed in 1831 by Gregory XVI, who assigned his feast in the Dominican Order to March 2. The Dominicans now celebrate his feast on January 23, the feria, or “free” day, nearest the day of his death.