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Born on January 31st, 1915 in Prades, France. Whilst in Italy he had a vision of his father, thus he fell into Catholicism and prayer. Entered the Abbey of Gethsemani. A community of monks belonging to the order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
Central Belief
Every religious person follows the same road. Religion has two parts:
The natural techniques The graces
Origin of Beliefs
When he came across Aldous Huxley he got the book Ends and Means. His mentality and perspective of life changed . He dove into mysticism and started to relate to other religions Felt like all religions were similar through spending considerable amount of time in Asia.
Works Cited
http://www.apostasyalert.org/Merton.htm http://www.therealmerton.com/tommie5.html http://www.merton.org/chrono.htm http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cac he:S_7NBIpMVlgJ:www.hundredmountain.com/Page s/pageone_stuff/mertonpages_fall00/merton_fall00.ht ml+merton's+conversion+to+catholicism&cd=2&hl=e n&ct=clnk&gl=us