The Way
by José María Saint Escrivá de Balaguer
The Way (Camino) is a book of 999 short spiritual points by Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei, first issued in 1934 as Consideraciones espirituales and enlarged under its present title in 1939. Sales have passed 4.5 million copies across 43 languages.
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The Way by José María Saint Escrivá de Balaguer was first published in 1934. We track 2 editions.
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- 21 on Open Library, 16 in English
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- Articles in 11 languages
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How many editions of The Way are there?
We track 2 editions of The Way. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
When was The Way first published?
The Way by José María Saint Escrivá de Balaguer was first published in 1934.
Where these facts come from
- The Way (Escrivá book), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Way, Josemaría Escrivá official site (escriva.org)
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