A Poet Before the Cross Claudel By Jacques and Raïssa Maritain

By Jacques and Raïssa Maritain

No man is wise at all times

instead following the organic division of West and East and the development of the Church in those respective regions

With its emphasis on the doctrinal content of each philosopher

A Poet Before the Cross Claudel By Jacques and Raïssa MaritainBy Paul Claudel A Poet Before the Cross is an impassioned testimony of faith, made through a series of meditations on the Cross and Christs seven last words. The title is perfectly intentional: Claudel as a poet stands, kneels, prays, and writes at the foot of the Cross, employing the full extent of and his literary genius and his explosive eloquence in this contemplation of the divine suffering and its salvific effects. Staunchly upholding the unity