Summa of the Christian Life - Volume 2 Only
by Venerable Louis of Granada, O.P. / Translated and adapted by Jordan Aumann, O.P.
428 pp. Hardcover
Very Good condition; this volume has the original dust jacket
Subjects covered in Volume II: The Quest for Happiness / The Theological Virtues / The Moral Virtues
The entire Summa of Ven. Louis consists of passages from his various works--principally his four masterpieces of spiritual theology: Book of Prayer and Meditation; The Sinner's Guide; Memorial of the Christian Life and Introduction to the Creed; plus his Compendium of Christian Doctrine. Of the Sinner's Guide, St. Teresa of Avila stated that this work of Venerable Louis converted over 1,000,000 souls in her day. She, along with St. John of the Cross, St. Francis de Sales, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Vincent de Paul, and St. Rose of Lima, all counted it among their favorite spiritual books.
Ven. Louis of Granada stands without a peer among Dominican ascetical writers, and his works are known and loved throughout the Christian world. Both as a writer and a preacher, he dedicated himself with apostolic zeal to the task of transmitting sacred doctrine to the common people. He is par excellence a theologian for the laity.
The Summa of the Christian Life is not a mere anthology; it represents a careful selection of passages from the works of Ven. Louis of Granada. Moreover, in order to avoid a haphazard assortment of texts, the passages have been arranged in the order of the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, thus giving the entire collection a theological unity.
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