The Capuchins; a contribution to the history of the Counter-Reformation.
Publisher: Kennikat Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Port Washington, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Subjects: Capuchins.; Counter-Reformation.
Description: V. 1. The call of Fra Matteo -- First days of the reform -- A struggle for freedom -- The apostasy of Fra Bernardino Ochino -- Recovery and growth -- Fra Felice -- The Capuchins cross the Alps -- An adventure into politics -- V. 2. The Capuchins evangelise France and Savoy -- The Capuchins enter Germany -- More missionary provinces -- Fra Cristoforo and others -- The foreign missions -- The Capuchins make literature -- Epilogue --Appendix 1 : Of the sources of early Capuchin history -- Appendix 2 : Illustrative documents. Letter of Vittoria Colonna to Paul III -- The Capuchins and the spiritualist tradition -- Extract from a sermon of Fra Girolamo da Narni on the text "Homo quidam fecit coenam?"--Extracts from the sermons of Fra Mattia da Salo's Delli dolori di Gesu Christi -- Extracts from P. Yves de Paris : La theologie naturelle.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint of the 1928 ed.