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| "upstream_url": "https://ccel.org", |
| "description": "Public domain devotional works including Imitation of Christ, Interior Castle, Way of Perfection, Devout Life, Confessions, Proslogion, Cur Deus Homo, works of John of the Cross. These essential spiritual classics are foundational to Catholic contemplative tradition.", |
| "language": "English", |
| "date_downloaded": "2026-03-31", |
| "license": "Public Domain", |
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| "license_details": "All works published before 1928. All authors and translators deceased >70 years. Public domain in US and worldwide.", |
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| "attribution_text": null, |
| "credit": { |
| "digitized_by": "Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL), Calvin University, founded by Harry Plantinga", |
| "digitizer_url": "https://ccel.org", |
| "original_author": "St. Augustine, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, Thomas à Kempis, St. Francis de Sales, St. Anselm, and others", |
| "translator": "Various (various historical English translations)", |
| "editor": null, |
| "publisher": "Various (original publishers)", |
| "publication_year": "1250-1926 (various works)", |
| "thank_you": "Digitized in ThML XML and made freely available by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) at Calvin University, founded and maintained by Harry Plantinga — providing access to the spiritual classics that have nourished Catholic faith for centuries." |
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| "format": "ThML XML, plain text, HTML, PDF", |
| "estimated_words": "1,000,000-1,500,000", |
| "notes": "ThML XML format is ideal for NLP applications. Collection includes: Imitation of Christ (Thomas à Kempis), Interior Castle (Teresa of Avila), Way of Perfection (Teresa of Avila), Introduction to the Devout Life (Francis de Sales), Confessions (Augustine), Proslogion (Anselm), Cur Deus Homo (Anselm), and selected works of John of the Cross." |
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