On Obedience

Original German edition: Das Buch vom Gehorsam, Ã1966 Johannes Verlag, Einsiedeln.

Adrienne von Speyr (1902-1967) was a Swiss medical doctor, a convert to Catholicism, a mystic, and an author of more than sixty books on spirituality and theology. She collaborated closely with theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, her confessor for twenty-seven years. Among her most important works are Handmaid of the Lord, Man Before God, Confession, and her commentary on the Gospel of John.