Dignity And Duties Of the Priest (The Aesthetical Works) (Volume 12)

Volume 12 of 22 in the Aesthetical Works of St. Alphonsus de Ligouri, first published in 1887. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, scholastic philosopher and theologian, and founder of the Redemptorists, an influential religious congregation. He was canonized in 1839 and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1871. In this twelfth volume of his "Aesthetical Works", Ligouri writes about the Holy Priesthood, and how the sanctity of the priest is a paramount issue for the man himself and those he shepherds.With references from every corner of Christendom, including Sacred Scripture, the saints, and the Holy Fathers, this powerful book is ideal for personal reflection. The saint writes to remind the faithful of the necessity of the priest, his holiness, and his sacramental power.Reproduced from older English editions, this non-facsimile (not-photocopied) 2015 edition has been faithfully edited (with 2,028 footnotes) to provide a clean and trim appearance of the original text and to continue the proliferation of a great spiritual work.