The Dialogue of Divine Providence

Name: The Dialogue of Divine Providence
Author: St. Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine of Siena

This book is in Italian.

The "Book of Divine Doctrine", known as the Dialogue of Divine Providence, dictated by St. Catherine in ecstasy to her secretaries in 1377-78: the soul's conversation with God the Father, who answers her four petitions (for herself, for the Church, for the world, for providence) and teaches, in four treatises on discretion, prayer, providence and obedience, the way of the Bridge, Christ crucified. The critical text of Matilde Fiorilli (Bari: Laterza, 1912) after the Sienese codex T. II. 9, in the codex's spelling, in 167 chapters. The editor's introductory note, description of the manuscripts, index and variants are not included.

Source: The Proemio (title and Latin rubric) and chapters I-CLXVII with their rubrics and the colophon; the four treatise headings (Discrezione, Orazione, Providenzia, Obedienzia) appear as a line under the first chapter of each. Fiorilli's Nota (introductory essay with footnotes), the description of the codices, the index of names and the Aggiunta are not imported. The codex spelling is kept (decto, sancto, bontá, cognoscimento); dialogue dashes '--' became em dashes and _italics_ became *italics*.