Ebook {Epub PDF} Introduction to the Devout Life by Francis de Sales

"Introduction to the Devout Life" is a good work of spiritual advice for those beginning to take their prayer life seriously, and those needing to refresh themselves with a reintroduction to the basics of a life of prayer. St. Francis de Sales wrote this work with laymen in mind, and it is very much suited to those who live "in the world."/5(). Good. (). Soft Cover. 8vo - 21 x cm.; pp. First published in this edition in , this is the twenty-second printing. Translated and edited by John K. Ryan who has also written a 12 page introduction. Two page chronology of the important dates in the life of St. Francis de Sales, 2 page bibliography, 16 pages of notes. Devout life does not require withdrawal from the world. This was the central insight of Saint Francis de Sales, a 16th-century priest whose Introduction to the Devout Life has not gone out of print in almost four centuries. Francis served the church at a dangerous time in a dangerous place: during the Reformation, in Calvinist areas of France, when celebrating mass was punishable by death/5().

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Introduction to the Devout Life by Saint Francis de Sales. The most popular Catholic self-help book of all time is written for laymen. This 17th century classic is a proven spiritual guide for living an authentic Christian life. Saint Francis de Sales-patron saint of authors and writers and eminent Doctor of the Catholic Church-is quite deserving of his posthumous honors and titles, for with Introduction to the Devout Life (among his numerous other books and pamphlets), he gives to not only Catholics around the world but humanity in general, a religious, imformative yet readable work of theology that will aid in answering some of the fundamental questions of human existence. Introduction to the Devout Life bltadwin.rus de Sales. This document has been generated from XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Langua ge) source with RenderX XEP Formatter, version Client Academic. For more information about XSL, visit the official World Wide Web Cons ortium XSL homepage: bltadwin.ru For more information.