Alphonsus De Liguori: Selected Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality)
Description
This volume of the acclaimed Classics of Western Spirituality™ is a significant one. It offers new translations of a representative selection of the spiritual writings of Alphonsus de Liguori (1696-1787)-saint, bishop, religious founder (the Redemptorist Congregation), and doctor of the church. The late Frederick M. Jones, principal editor of this volume, and author of an acclaimed biography of Alphonsus, has written an exceptional introduction that outlines this saint's life, with particular emphasis on the political, sociological, and intellectual climate of Bourbon Naples in ...
ISBN(s)
0809137712, 9780809137718
