Henry Suso c. 1295 – 1366
Heinrich Seuse, known in English as Henry Suso, was a German Dominican mystic, preacher, and spiritual director and one of the principal figures of the Rhineland mystical tradition along with Meister Eckhart and Johannes Tauler. After studies at Strasbourg under Eckhart, he combined courtly poetic style with rigorous mystical theology in his Little Book of Eternal Wisdom, Life of the Servant, and Little Book of Truth. He endured ecclesiastical suspicion for his loyalty to Eckhart's memory and was finally vindicated. His writings shaped late medieval and early modern devotional life across Latin Europe.
Key facts
- Nationality
- German
- Era
- Medieval
- Movements
- Medieval, Christian
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Henry Suso:
“Eternal Wisdom is the bride of every faithful soul.”
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Attributed to Henry Suso:
“Suffering rightly borne is the gold of the spiritual life.”
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Attributed to Henry Suso:
“Solitude is the workshop where God carves the inner man.”
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Attributed to Henry Suso:
“He who has lost himself for God has found everything.”
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Attributed to Henry Suso:
“Love is its own theology.”