Introduction to the Devout Life
Francis de Sales offers practical spiritual counsel for people living in the world. Prayer, work, friendship and ordinary obligations all belong within a devout life.
Prayer & Spiritual Life
Original date: 1609
Reading level: Accessible
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Source notes & edition details
Ascension Catholic Classics
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Brandon Vogt
Work title matched to the published list. The listed edition may differ.
Fr. John Hardon
Named in a secondary transcription of Hardon’s list. The printed original has not yet been checked for this work.
Taylor Marshall
Named in the New Saint Thomas Institute’s September 2014 reading plan. Edition choices may differ.
Vicki Burbach
Named in the Year 5 reading list in How to Read Your Way to Heaven, page 235.
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daily prayer everyday holiness work and faithBibliographic references
Original catalog editions
Ascension Press (2022), 473 pages
Introduction to the Devout Life (Catholic Classics)