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This new edition of the definitive "Lives of the Saints" will be an invaluable resource for at least the next two generations. Careful distinctions are made between fact (or probable fact) and legend, both the strengths and failings of these holy men and women are fairly and sympathetically discussed, the times they lived in are vividly evoked. This edition breaks the plaster molds in which some devotional writers have tended to place Catholic saints and presents them as living, breathing, and palpably human. The authors take a critical view of some of the more improbable legends attributed to the saints, but for the most part do not dismiss the supernatural and miraculous (no attempt is made, for example, to "rationalize" St. Joseph of Copertino's levitations or the visions of St. Catherine Laboure and St. Bernadette). Not only Catholic readers, but anyone interested in the history of Christianity and many of the people who championed, practiced, prached, defended, and defined it throughout its history will find these volumes a fascinating read.
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Our Lady, Mary Magdalen, Roman Martyrology, Anne Marie, Middle Ages, English College, Eastern Church, Holy Land, Sir Adrian, John Cassian, Blessed Sacrament, The Netherlands, French Revolution, New Testament, Pedro Poveda, Ciudad Real, Desert Fathers, John Boste, Matthew Paris, Monte Cassino, Mount Athos, National Gallery, Teresian Association, Vies des Saints, Jesus Christ New!
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Our Lady, Mary Magdalen, Roman Martyrology, Anne Marie, Middle Ages, English College, Eastern Church, Holy Land, Sir Adrian, John Cassian, Blessed Sacrament, The Netherlands, French Revolution, New Testament, Pedro Poveda, Ciudad Real, Desert Fathers, John Boste, Matthew Paris, Monte Cassino, Mount Athos, National Gallery, Teresian Association, Vies des Saints, Jesus Christ New!
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- The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints, Vol. 1 by Jacobus de Voragine in Front Matter, page 97, and page 198
- The Spanish Civil War: Revised Edition (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Hugh Thomas in Front Matter, page 179, and Back Matter
- History and Imagery in British Churches by M. D. Anderson on page 137, and page 199
- The Spiritual Exercises (Hodder & Stoughton Christian Classics) on page 255, and page 258
- The Rise of the Monophysite Movement (Library of Ecclesiastical History) by William HC Frend on page 36, and page 156
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