Bidspirit auction | SALES (S. Francisco de). LIVRO

SALES (S. Francisco de). LIVRO DE OURO, ou Introdução à Vida Devota. Coimbra. 1729. - SALES (S. Francisco de) LIVRO DE OURO, ou Introdução à Vida Devota . Novamente accrescentado com a Declaraçam Mystica do Cantico dos Canticos, Directorio de Religiosas, e Catecismo das tentações. Tambem leva accrescentada ao principio huma direcção para a Oração mental, muy util para a presente obra. Coimbra: Na Officina de Antonio Simoens Ferreira, Familiar do Santo Officio, 1729. [24], 472 pp.; 210 mm. Saint Francis de Sales (Thorens, 1567; Lyon, 1622), bishop and prince of Geneva, was one of the great Catholic reformers of the 17th century and founder of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. Beatified in 1661 by Alexander VII, who canonized him in the same year, he was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pius IX in 1877 and proclaimed patron saint of writers and journalists by Pius XI in 1923. Introduction to the Devout Life (1609), compiled from letters of spiritual direction addressed to a lay Christian woman, is the foundational work of lay spirituality in the modern era. Contrary to the earlier tradition, which reserved the devout life for religious people, Francis de Sales shows that holiness is accessible to any believer in the world. Along with the Treatise on the Love of God , it is his most widely read and translated work, disseminated throughout Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries. This Coimbra edition, printed by António Simoens Ferreira in 1729 with a dedication from the printer himself to Christ Crucified, is the first Portuguese translation of the work, supplemented by the Mystical Declaration of the Song of Songs, a Directory for Religious Sisters, the Catechism of Temptations , and a Direction for Mental Prayer , in a much more comprehensive composition than current French editions. Rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate