{"id":5678,"date":"2026-01-14T16:29:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s-wan.maarevenonline.be\/sacred-books\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:00:27","slug":"sacred-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/s-wan.be\/en\/sacred-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5678\" class=\"elementor elementor-5678 elementor-5663\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82b874d s-wan-section s-wan-header-text e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"82b874d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ab782 s-wan-header-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0ab782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sacred Books \u2013 Secret Libraries<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6c78fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6c78fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>English Convent, Convent of the Discalced Carmelites<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91ce21d s-wan-section e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"91ce21d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e26368c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e26368c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During \u2018Sacred Books | Secret Libraries\u2019, two active monastic communities welcome visitors inside their cloistered world.<\/p><p>The English Convent is known for its unique domed church and the relic of Thomas More. 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