Spiritual Letters

John Chapman OSB (1865–1933) was an English Roman Catholic priest and a New Testament and patristics scholar. He was the 4th Abbot of Downside Abbey of the English Benedictine Congregation from 1929 until his death.

Preface to the First Edition
A Memoir of Abbot Chapman

PART I: LETTERS TO LAY FOLK
1-16 To One Living in the World
17-22 To a Literary Man
23-25 To Algar Thorold, ESQ., Editor of The Dublin Review
26-27 To an Unmarried Lady
28-33 To a Lady Living in the World
34-36 To a Married Lady
37-38 To a Lady Living in the World
39 To a Married Lady

PART II: LETTERS TO RELIGIOUS
40-41 To a Benedictine Monk
42-50 To a Canoness Regular of the Lateran
51-53 To Two Others of the Same Order
54-72 To a Benedictine Nun
73-74 To a Canoness Regular of the Lateran
75-76 To an Ursuline Nun
77-79 To a Servite Nun
80 To a Carmelite Nun
81 To a Secular Priest

PART III: LETTERS TO A JESUIT
82-95 To a Jesuit Scholastic

Appendix I:
Contemplative prayer, a few simple rules
A note upon "contemplative prayer"

Appendix II:
What "is" mysticism?

Supplement:
96-99 To a secular priest
100 To a young religious