by
Julia Bilger
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Alexandrines
by Julia Bilger
Angelus Silesius was a German mystic of the Counter-Reformation. He was born and baptized Johannes Scheffler in 1624 in the province of Silesia. In 1653, he converted to Catholicism from Lutheranism and spent the rest of his life avidly trying to reconvert the people...