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And The Vocation To The Religious State And Priesthood.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

And The Vocation To The Religious State And Priesthood.

And The Vocation To The Religious State And Priesthood.

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

And The Vocation To The Religious State And Priesthood.

This is part of a scan of a 1830's edition of St. Alphonsus' Theologia Moralis. It is his practical manual for the simple parish priest regarding the art of saving souls through the sacrament of Penance (also known in our day as the Sacrament of Reconciliation). This widely-acclaimed book is a distillation of some of the moral and much of the pastoral wisdom of a great Doctor of the Church and the patron of Moral Theologians, all from the hand of the master himself. Exerpt from this Praxis Confesarii ad bene excipiendas confessiones: "Magna utique erit merces, qua in aeternitate compensabuntur boni Confessarii, et de sua praedestinatione ita securi sunt ii qui se ad Animarum salute occupant, ut Jacobus Apostulus (Epist. c. 5 V. 20) perspicue hoc testetur his verbis: 'Qui converti fecerit peccatorum ab errore viae suae, salvabit animam ejus...a morte, et operiet multitudinem peccatorum.'"

The subject of God's will was for Alphonsus a theme of predilection, a theme dearest to his heart. Just as St. Ignatius stressed 'the greater glory of God, ' St. Alphonsus in all his works, gave prominence to 'the greater good pleasure of God.' The death of a friend deeply affected the Saint and he expressed his sentiments in a poem on God's will. The wide acclaim it received may have suggested to him the thought that a tract on the same subject would be helpful to the souls of others. His surmise proved correct, for the appearance of his subsequent pamphlet was greeted with instant favor. "Perfection is founded entirely on the love of God: 'Charity is the bond of perfection;' and perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God's."--St. Alphonsus. Lamp Post is proud to present some of the finest Christian literary works of all time-writings that have affected the Church, touched the hearts of its leaders, and helped shape Christianity for two thousand years; timeless books that have endured and are deserving to be included among the Christian Classics.