The Religious State: The Episcopate and the Priestly Office
Overview
An English translation of De perfectione spiritualis uitae, The Religious State, the Episcopate and the Priestly Office explores the doctrines concerning religious life and Christian perfection.
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This product is part of The Medieval Preaching and Spirituality Collection (34 vols.).
Key Features
- Offers an English translation of De perfectione spiritualis uitae
- Provides insight into the Middle Ages
Product Details
- Title: The Religious State, the Episcopate and the Priestly Office
- Author: Thomas Aquinas
- Translator: J. Procter
- Publisher: The Newman Press
- Publication Date: 1950
- Pages: 166
- Christian Group: Catholic
- Resource Type: Topical
- Topic: Medieval Church
About the Author
Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 in what is now Italy. He entered the Benedictine abbey of Montecassino at the age of five to begin his studies. He was transferred to the University of Naples at the age of sixteen, where he became acquainted with the revival of Aristotle and the Order of the Dominicans. Aquinas went on to study in Cologne in 1244 and Paris in 1245. He then returned to Cologne in 1248, where he became a lecturer.
Aquinas’s career as a theologian took him all over Europe. In addition to regularly lecturing and teaching in cities throughout Europe, Aquinas participated regularly in public life and advised both kings and popes.
Thomas Aquinas died on March 7, 1274 while traveling to the Second Council of Lyons. Fifty years after his death, Pope John XXII proclaimed Aquinas a saint. The First Vatican Council declared Aquinas the “teacher of the church.” In 1879, Pope Leo XII declared the Summa Theologica the best articulation of Catholic doctrine, and Aquinas was made the patron saint of education.
Thomas Aquinas has also profoundly influenced the history of Protestantism. He wrote prolifically on the relationship between faith and reason, as well as the theological and philosophical issues which defined the Reformation.
About the Translator
John Procter was ordained in 1872 and was a parish priest of St. Dominic’s Priory Church in London. He authored and translated numerous books, including Saint Sebastian: Lay-Apostle and Martyr, The Perpetual Rosary, Short Lives of the Dominican Saints, and The Catholic Creed; or, What do Catholics Believe?
This product is part of The Medieval Preaching and Spirituality Collection (34 vols.).
- Offers an English translation of De perfectione spiritualis uitae
- Provides insight into the Middle Ages
- Title: The Religious State, the Episcopate and the Priestly Office
- Author: Thomas Aquinas
- Translator: J. Procter
- Publisher: The Newman Press
- Publication Date: 1950
- Pages: 166
- Christian Group: Catholic
- Resource Type: Topical
- Topic: Medieval Church
About the Author
Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 in what is now Italy. He entered the Benedictine abbey of Montecassino at the age of five to begin his studies. He was transferred to the University of Naples at the age of sixteen, where he became acquainted with the revival of Aristotle and the Order of the Dominicans. Aquinas went on to study in Cologne in 1244 and Paris in 1245. He then returned to Cologne in 1248, where he became a lecturer.
Aquinas’s career as a theologian took him all over Europe. In addition to regularly lecturing and teaching in cities throughout Europe, Aquinas participated regularly in public life and advised both kings and popes.
Thomas Aquinas died on March 7, 1274 while traveling to the Second Council of Lyons. Fifty years after his death, Pope John XXII proclaimed Aquinas a saint. The First Vatican Council declared Aquinas the “teacher of the church.” In 1879, Pope Leo XII declared the Summa Theologica the best articulation of Catholic doctrine, and Aquinas was made the patron saint of education.
Thomas Aquinas has also profoundly influenced the history of Protestantism. He wrote prolifically on the relationship between faith and reason, as well as the theological and philosophical issues which defined the Reformation.
About the Translator
John Procter was ordained in 1872 and was a parish priest of St. Dominic’s Priory Church in London. He authored and translated numerous books, including Saint Sebastian: Lay-Apostle and Martyr, The Perpetual Rosary, Short Lives of the Dominican Saints, and The Catholic Creed; or, What do Catholics Believe?