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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
McCarthy, Edward

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 3 item(s); 5 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Edward McCarthy asks Merton some questions regarding Teilhard de Chardin, and what McCarthy perceives as some ambiguities in Merton's view on him in Redeeming the Time (edition in England of Seeds of Destruction).

Biography

Edward McCarthy was a teacher at a Catholic grammar school in Coventry, England.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

Date	Type	To/From	First Lines	Notes
1967/05/10 (#01)	HLS	to Merton	The enclosed is a copy of a letter I wrote to you some months ago whose original I cannot now find.
1967/05/10 (#02)	TLS	to Merton	Addressing you as <u>Father</u> Merton feels strange because when I was an atheist you were Thomas	[originally dated 1967/02/18, but sent with 1967/05/10 letter]
1967/05/17	TL[c]	from Merton	It is frankly a bit difficult for me to evaluate Teilhard de Chardin. The sentences you read in

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