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Author Name: Rodriquez, S.J., Fr Alphonsus
Title: The Practice of Christian and Religious Perfection 3 Volume SET
Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: New
Size: 8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾' tall
Publisher: Potosi, WI 53820 St Athanasius Press 2006
ISBN Number: 0-9769118-1-7 / 9780976911814
Seller ID: R2
The Practice of Christian and Religious Perfection, 3 Volume Set, by Fr Alphonsus Rodriguez, S.J. New Unused Copy. 544/508/420 Pages. Softcover. Unedited Reprint of the 1882 Edition. Originally published in 1609. Regular Retail $59.99. Individual Volumes retail for $24.99 each. Buy the Set and Save! "This work is based on the material which he collected for his spiritual exhortations to his brethren, and published at the request of his superiors. Although the book thus written was primarily intended for the use of his religious brethren, yet he destined it also for the profit and edification of other Religious and of Laymen in the world. It is a book of practical instructions on all the virtues which go to make up the perfect Christian life, whether lived in the cloister or in the world." (Catholic Encyclopedia 1912) THE FIRST TREATISE The great value we ought to set on spiritual things What a love and ardent desire of Perfection we ought to have That an ardent desire of our Spiritual Advancement is a Means and Disposition most proper for obtaining favors from God The more we apply ourselves to Spiritual Things, the more earnestly we desire them That the desire a Man has of becoming perfect in Virtue, is a great Mark that he is in the state of Grace That not to advance in virtue is to go back That a good means of attaining Perfection is to think continually on what we are deficient in - without thinking of what we have acquired To aim at the highest things is very conducive to the Attainment of Perfection How important it is not to neglect the smallest things Another weighty reason which shows how extremely requisite it is to attach importance in small things That the business and concern of our spiritual advancement are to be undertaken not in a general, but in a particular manner In order to attain Perfection, we should never deliberately commit any fault, nor be remiss in our endeavors to become perfect Of three other Means which conduce to our advancement in Virtue That we should behave ourselves all our Life-time in Religion, after the same manner we did the first day we entered into it That it is very advantageous to consider and often to ask ourselves, for what End we entered into Religion Of some other things which may contribute much to our advancement in Virtue and Perfection Of the Perseverance we ought to have in Virtue Of Spiritual Exhortation The Second Treatise That our advancement and Perfection consist in performing well our ordinary actions Perfection consists in such easy matters, that we ought to be extremely encouraged to labour, to attain it In what the Goodness and Perfections of our actions consists That another means to perform our actions well is to imagine each one the only one we have to do Another means of doing our actions well, is to perform each one as if it were the very last actions of our life To perform our actions well, we ought to think of the present day only That it is exceedingly advantageous to accustom ourselves to do all our actions very well How imperfect it is to be a Religious not to relax in the Way of Virtue Of what importance it is that Novices employ their time well, and perform their religious duties with great exactness during their Noviceship. The Third Treatise That we ought to fly vainglory in our actions In what the malignity of vainglory consists How prejudicial vainglory is That the Temptation of vainglory attacks not only those that enter into the Way of Perfection, but even such as are most advanced in it That those who labour for the Salvation of their Neighbour have more reason than others to be upon their guard against vainglory Of several remedies against vainglory Of the end we ought to propose to ourselves in our actions What is requisite that we may always act with a great purity of intention That our distractions and remissness ought not to be ascribed to our exterior occupations, but to our negligence therein How advantageous it is to perform our actions as already described The rectitude and Purity of Intention we ought to have more fully explained Several marks to know when we act purely for God and when we seek ourselves in what we do What is requisite for us to obtain every day greater purity of intention Of three degrees of Perfection -------------------------------------------- A total of 8 treatises are contained in Volume 1. Listed above are the first 3 treatises chapter headings. 8 Treatises are also contained in Volume II: On Mortification On Modesty and Silence On Humility On Temptations On Disorderly Affections for our Relations On Joy and Sadness On the Advantages and Infinite Treasures we Possess in Jesus Christ On Holy Communion and the Sacrifice of the Mass Volume III contains 8 Treatises as well: On the end for which the Society of Jesus was instituted--The means which are conducive to this end and which regard all religious in general On the three principal vows of religion--The advantage of a religious state The Vow of Poverty Of Chastity On Obedience On the Observance of Rules On the fidelity on which all ought to have in laying open the bottom of their heart and conscience to their superiors and ghostly fathers On Fraternal Correction Price: 59.99 USD
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