Thomas Merton
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Thomas Merton
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Thomas Merton, religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. In December 1941 he entered the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani and in May 1949 he was ordained to priesthood. He was a member of the convent of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death. Merton wrote more than 50 books in a period of 27 years, mostly on spirituality, social justice and
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American Catholic monk
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Merton
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2002-12-04T07:08:53Z
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2024-09-02T09:27:24Z
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