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Tradivox Vol 8: Frassinetti and Pius X

Tradivox Vol 8: Frassinetti and Pius X

Sophia Institute Press

Hardcover

CatechismsGeneral Christianity

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ISBN10: 1644133644
ISBN13: 9781644133644
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Published: Jun 28 2022
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.15 Width: 6.29 Depth: 9.26
Language: English

Two of the greatest Italian catechisms have been paired together for the first time in Volume 8 of the Tradivox collection, composed by authors renowned for their excellent teaching as well as their outstanding holiness.

The first is A Dogmatic Catechism, first published in 1842 by Ven. Fr. Giuseppe Frassinetti and regarded as one of the clearest and most compelling Italian presentations of the Faith in that century. From an early age, Ven. Frassinetti had a reputation for remarkable holiness and even brilliance, coming from a family of such faith and devotion that he and his three brothers all became priests, and his sister a religious foundress and canonized saint. Known as the Italian Curé of Ars in his own time, a contemporary priest would say of Ven. Frassinetti's doctrinal instructions: they combine solid doctrine with a quality rarely to be found, that of adaptation to the capacities of all. There is in them a union of devotion and spiritual affectionateness with discretion, in no way inferior to the sweet spirit of St. Francis de Sales. His catechism is thorough and detailed, and may be regarded as prophetic in many places, as he anticipates a number of heretical errors that would not be systematically condemned until decades later.

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