The St. Francis de Sales Signature Set
Published on 7. February 2023
Book
Hardback
2004 pages
978-1-5051-2850-5 (ISBN)
Description
The St. Francis de Sales Signature Set are representative of why St. Francis was so well-received during the Counter-Reformation, and indeed, throughout history. One can easily see why St. Francis de Sales received the title "Doctor of Charity" from the works selected (Introduction to the Devout Life; Consoling Thoughts; Sermons; Catholic Controversies), as his outpouring of it is evident in each of the four works. Introduction to the Devout Life is his efforts to help other souls love God like he did; Consoling Thoughts expresses his love for suffering souls in giving them solace and exhortation to continue; Sermons relay his daily love for his flock, preaching to them about the different aspects God's love; and finally, Catholic Controversies is his apologetical love, exerting effort to win souls back to the Church.
Perhaps more than any other saint, St. Francis preached truth with love. His teachings, his works, and his very presence were consoling to those 72,000 lost souls of Switzerland and to millions of more over the centuries. Now, then, it is our hope that they will offer hope, consolation to a new generation of Catholics and spur on greater love of God and neighbor.
Perhaps more than any other saint, St. Francis preached truth with love. His teachings, his works, and his very presence were consoling to those 72,000 lost souls of Switzerland and to millions of more over the centuries. Now, then, it is our hope that they will offer hope, consolation to a new generation of Catholics and spur on greater love of God and neighbor.
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Language
English
Place of publication
NC
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 310 mm
Width: 251 mm
Thickness: 160 mm
Weight
3152 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5051-2850-5 (9781505128505)
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"St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was the prominent Bishop of Geneva during the Catholic Counter-Reformation, prolific writer and preacher on the interior life, famed apologist, and Doctor of the Church. St. Francis was the son of an aristocrat, and had a life prepared for him by his father to be a senator and husband to a noblewoman, but he discerned that the will of God was for him to become a priest.
In Geneva, St. Francis became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation, and converting tens of thousands of Calvinists back into the Catholic Faith. For his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritual formation, particularly the Introduction to the Devout Life and the Treatise on the Love of God, St. Francis de Sales was elevated to the title of Doctor of the Church, receiving the particular title as "the Doctor of Charity.""
In Geneva, St. Francis became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation, and converting tens of thousands of Calvinists back into the Catholic Faith. For his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritual formation, particularly the Introduction to the Devout Life and the Treatise on the Love of God, St. Francis de Sales was elevated to the title of Doctor of the Church, receiving the particular title as "the Doctor of Charity.""