Jerome - Select Letters Such writings are best read

Such writings are best read only with the blessing and guidance of one's confessor or spiritual father

Tracy Kidder

From the end of the second century comes this delightful spiritual poem

a Letter of Consolation

Recognizing Misfortune or Trouble Leads One to Seek Deliverance

Jerome - Select Letters Such writings are best readFrom the Loeb Classical Library; Latin and English text on facing pages. The Woman Struck by Seven Swords, Family Affairs, the Ascetic Life, the Virgin's Profession, A Good Woman, Onasus the Windbag, The Country Life, a Letter of Thanks, Innocent Friendships, a Clergyman's Duties, Widows, a Letter of Consolation, a Girl's Education, Dangerous Friendships, Good and Bad Monks, Marcella and the Sack of Rome, and Feminine Training much food for thought