About the book: The Jesuit priest, Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595-1658) was a theologian and mystic. Man is created by God to praise Him, revere Him and serve Him and thus save his soul; and other things are created for man on the face of the earth, and to help him in the search for the end for which he was created.
This follows, therefore, that man must use them as much as they help him achieve his goal, and as much as they prevent him from doing so, he must distance himself from them.
Therefore, this "difference" between the earthly and the eternal is related to the intention of man's life.
In this excellent work, The Difference between Temporal and Eternal (2020 Emporium Books), Nieremberg intends for the reader to internalize this "difference" critically and philosophically, delving into the philosophy of eternal life, either in heaven or hell. The "objects on the face of the earth", the physical, are means that must be "used" to achieve the end, that is, a happy life with God the Creator.
The Difference between Temporal and Eternal (1953) is translated from the Spanish by Sir Vivian Molyneux, revised, with a sketch of the author, by the Reverend Matthew Russell, SJ Dublin in 1884.
About the author: Father Juan Eusebio Nieremberg y Ottín SJ (1595-1658) was a Spanish Jesuit, polymath and mystic. Of German heritage, Father Nieremberg was born in Madrid and entered the Jesuit order. He became a professor of natural history at the Imperial College in Madrid. He was highly esteemed in devout circles as the author of De la afición y amor de Jesus (1630), and De la afición y amor de María (1630), both of which were translated into Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Latin. These works, together with the Prodigios del amor divino (1641), are now forgotten, but Nieremberg's version (1656) of the Imitation is still a favourite, and his eloquent treatise, De la hermosura de Dios y su amabilidad (1649), is the last classical manifestation of mysticism in Spanish literature. His works are distinguished for their erudition. The Spanish Academy includes his name in the "Diccionario de Autoridades". (Source: Wikipedia)
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