The Prayer of Péguy Liturgy The Sin of the Angel

The Sin of the Angel is a highly technical discussion of an intimidating topic

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Among his many authored works are the multi-volume Cursus philosophiae thomisticae and Tractatus Dogmatici

Basic Verities embodies Charles Péguy’s lifelong desire for the twofold revolution of justice and mercy in the social order

The Prayer of Péguy Liturgy The Sin of the AngelBy Albert Bguin Translated by Kathleen Curran Sweeney Prayer: the lifeblood of Charles Pguy. No great moment in his poetry lacks a manifest tendency toward prayer and his personal existence amounts to a progressive opening of his soul to the spirit of prayerrun the opening phrases of this modest yet brilliant 1942 study by Albert Bguin. Having identified prayer as the essential, inescapable element of Pguys life, Bguin traces its development from his