The Seven Last Words from the Cross History The Diocesan Priest in the

The Diocesan Priest in the Church of Christ is a powerful aid for diocesan seminarians and priests seeking to identify the concrete form of their vocation

combines the two volumes of the original Eng­lish translation into one and includes a new Introduction

Carefully and competently restating and elaborating upon the tradition

Delany refutes any prevailing notions that Christian sanctity is properly reserved to individuals vowed to celibacy

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The Seven Last Words from the Cross History The Diocesan Priest in theBy St. Robert Bellarmine, S. J. Introduction by Christian D. Washburn, Ph. D. The Seven Last Words from the Cross, first published in 1618 amidst the Catholic Counter Reformation, is a powerful reflection on the final words of Jesus Christ. In its pages, St. Robert Bellarmine, S. J., provides a profound guide for meditation on the way of the cross and the mystery of our redemption. These seven words, the last sermon of the worlds Redeemer, comprise