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 In a manner some declare was miraculous, he managed to escape. The years that followed his imprisonment were for John busy but comparatively calm. He was sought out as a spiritual director. He was liberal with his time. He guided his friars and nuns and many lay persons. He gave much time to prayer and to administration and during this time he completed most of his writings.
-His writings are not evolutionary in nature but they all embody his final understanding of God, which he attained through his experiences. Many writers have periods of writing and one can trace the evolution of their understanding. Not so with John. It is almost like the Book of Revelation that was revealed to [[John the Beloved]]. It was complete, intact, a theology for this part of the path that we all must go through.
+His writings are not evolutionary in nature but they all embody his final understanding of God, which he attained through his experiences. Many writers have periods of writing and one can trace the evolution of their understanding. Not so with John. It is almost like the [[Book of Revelation]] that was revealed to [[John the Beloved]]. It was complete, intact, a theology for this part of the path that we all must go through.
 Toward the end of his life his calm was disturbed by a clash with his reformed order. For the first time he was not elected to any office. He was denied by the very order that he had founded, much in the manner of [[Saint Francis]].