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Sor Juana and the sounds of silence
By Bill Leonard In a 1691 Respuesta (response) to the church’s critique of her writings, Sor Juana de la Cruz (1648?-1695), Mexican nun, playwright, poet and theologian, recalled that St. Paul, when “caught up into paradise,” learned secrets that he could not utter aloud. This “Chosen Vessel” “does not say what he heard, he says...
Bill Leonard, Senior Columnist