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Angelus Silesius, OFM ( c. 1624 – 9 July 1677), born Johann Scheffler, was a German Catholic priest, physician, mystic and religious poet. Born and raised a Lutheran, he began to read the works of medieval mystics while studying in the Netherlands and became acquainted with the works of the German mystic Jacob Böhme through Böhme ...
Angelus Silesius (born December 1624, Breslau, Silesia [now Wrocław, Poland]—died July 9, 1677, Breslau) was a religious poet remembered primarily as the author of Der cherubinischer Wandersmann (1674; “The Cherubic Wanderer”), a major work of Roman Catholic mysticism.
Jul 9, 2018 · Silesius is best remembered for his two volumes of mystical poetry, The Soul’s Spiritual Delight and The Cherubic Pilgrim. Many of his poems consist of epigrammatic rhyming couplets – many later adapted by both Catholic and Protestant hymnists.
Angelus Silesius war ein schlesischer Lyriker, Theologe und Arzt. Seine tiefreligiösen, der Mystik nahestehenden Epigramme werden zu den bedeutendsten lyrischen Werken der Barockliteratur gezählt.
Mar 19, 2023 · Angelus Silesius ( 25 December 1624 – 9 July 1677 ), born Johann Scheffler, also known as the Prophet of the Ineffable, was a German mystic of the Catholic Church, as well as a poet, priest and physician.
The presence of Angelus Silesius in religious conflict A different and unique imprint on the modern mind can be tracked to the kind of Christian thinking we owe to Angelus Silesius, the Catholic priest who was ordained in l652 and known by his writings throughout the literate Christian world in the centuries after his death.
Angelus SILESIUS (Johannes Scheffler), convert, poet, controversialist, the son of a Lutheran Polish nobleman, b. in Breslau in 1624; d. July 9, 1677.
