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Luis de la Puente (also D'Aponte, de Ponte, Dupont)
Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 4 November 2021 (11 November 1554 – 16 February 1624) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian and ascetic writer. A few years after his death, the
; *"Life of Marina de Escobar"; *"Spiritual Directory for Confession, Communion and the Sacrifice of the Mass"; *"The Christian Life" (4 vols.), and *" s:Meditations On The Mysteries Of Our Holy Faith, Meditations on the Mysteries of Our Holy Faith", by which he is best known. *"On the perfection of various states of life," (The following links are in Spanish)
Volume OneVolume Two: Of the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation and the Perfection practiced in themVolume Three: On Virginity and religion and following the CounselsVolume Three: On the States, Offices, and Ministries of Church Hierarchy
His works available at archive.org
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Luis de la Puente (also D'Aponte, de Ponte, Dupont)Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 4 November 2021 (11 November 1554 – 16 February 1624) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian and ascetic writer. A few years after his death, the
Sacred Congregation of Rites
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admitted the cause of his beatification and canonization.
Life
Puente was born inValladolid
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. Having entered the Society of Jesus
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, he studied under Francisco Suarez
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Nicknames
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, and professed philosophy at Salamanca
Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Herit ...
. He was forced by bad health to retire from duties, and took up writing. Ordained priest
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in 1580, he became the spiritual director of Marina de Escobar, in which office he continued till his death. In 1599 he devoted himself to the care of the plague
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-stricken in Villagarcia. He died in Valladolid.
Theology
Though not reckoned among Spanish classics, his works are so replete with practical spirituality that they claim for him a place among the most eminent masters of asceticism. " was the architect of a practical theology of spiritual guidance that incorporated different strains of Augustinianism and Thomism with Dionysian mystical theology."Ricard, Robert. "La tradition dionysienne en Espagne après saint Jean de la Croix," ''Revue d’ascétique et de mystique'' 45 (1969): 409–424Works
Besides a commentary in Latin on the '' Canticle of Canticles'', he wrote (in Spanish): *"Life of Father Baltasar Alvarez" (Vida del P. Baltasar Alvarez. Madrid 1615; Vita P. Balthassaris Alvarez. Coloniae 161; *"Life of Marina de Escobar"; *"Spiritual Directory for Confession, Communion and the Sacrifice of the Mass"; *"The Christian Life" (4 vols.), and *" s:Meditations On The Mysteries Of Our Holy Faith, Meditations on the Mysteries of Our Holy Faith", by which he is best known. *"On the perfection of various states of life," (The following links are in Spanish)
Volume One
References
External links
His works available at archive.org
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