Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1961/November/11 (#01)

Series:    

Type:  transcript - Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after orignal and often by another person. Often typed version of a holograph orignal.

To/From:  from Merton to "John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  Hidden Ground of Love

First Lines:  "... The most agonizing problem here is the very grave threat of a nuclear war. No one of course"

Contents:  [transcript by William Shannon, general editor of the published letters, of a letter sent to Pope John XXIII - note in The Hidden Ground of Love states that only this portion of the letter survives - see copy herein (Item #2) for the complete letter now discovered]

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Shannon, William H.

Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963:"    1961/November/11 (#01)