Timeline for What does “Mercy within mercy within mercy" mean?
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| Sep 23, 2013 at 3:43 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | Andrew Leach. Thanks. The analogy of your ‘onion’s skin’ and J.R.’s ‘Russian matryoshka doll’, and rephrasing ‘mercy upon mercy upon mercy, are interesting and all helpful for me to understand the meaning of Thomas Merton’s maxim Pope Francis quoted in his intervew. | |
| Sep 22, 2013 at 22:29 | comment | added | user51029 | Andrew, but I read that Merton's pre-monastic conduct, as the complete truth indicates, was reprehensible at best, and downright despicable at worst, plus some of his book had been censored. | |
| Sep 22, 2013 at 10:59 | vote | accept | Yoichi Oishi | ||
| Sep 21, 2013 at 22:53 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | @AtsutoNagatomo As much as God is personified in Merton's book, yes: the entire person. There is nothing but mercy. | |
| Sep 21, 2013 at 22:47 | comment | added | user51029 | +1, but what do you mean with 'entire being', i.e., 'entire' somewhat includes God, too? | |
| Sep 21, 2013 at 22:26 | history | answered | Andrew Leach♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |