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If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally. ↗
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Interpretation of his work
The poetry of Angelus Silesius consists largely of epigrams in the form alexandrine couplets—the style that dominated German poetry and mystical literature during the Baroque era. " While I.
An enthusiastic convert and priest Silesius worked to convince German Protestants in Silesia to return to the Roman Catholic Church. Ten years later in 1671 he retired to a Jesuit monastery where he remained for the rest of his life. He composed 55 tracts and pamphlets condemning Protestantism several of which were publiAngelus Silesiusd in two folio volumes entitled Eccleciologia (trans.
