Luis de Granada (1505–1588)
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Obras por Luis de Granada
Summa of the Christian Life (Selected Texts from the Writings of Venerable Louis of Granada, O.P., 1) (1954) 19 exemplares
Summa of The Christian Life: Selected Texts from the writings of Ven. Louis of Granada; O.P. (1958) 18 exemplares
The Singularities of London, 1578: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana MS Reg. Lat. 672 (London Topographical Society… (2014) 13 exemplares
Obra selecta una suma de la vida cristiana 3 exemplares
El libro de la Oración y Meditación 2 exemplares
Obra selecta : los textos capitales del Padre Granada seleccionados por el orden mismo de la "Suma Teológica" de… 2 exemplares
Libro dell'orazione e della meditazione 2 exemplares
R. P. F. Ludovici Granatensis Dominicani, Sac. Theol. Prof. Concionum de praecipuis sanctorum festis : tomus secundus 2 exemplares
María en la literatura y en el arte Vida de María de Fray Luis de Granada : poetas, pintores y escultores honran a la… (2012) 2 exemplares
Obras del Venerable P- Maestro Fr. Luis de Granada de la Orden de Santo Domingo, Nueve Tomos 1 exemplar
Obras de Fr. Luis de Granada de la Orden de Santo Domingo, Vol. 11: Edicion Critica y Completa for Fr. Justo Cuervo… (2017) 1 exemplar
Summa of the Christian Life, Vol. 1 1 exemplar
Summa of the Christian Life Vol. 2. 1 exemplar
El amor de Dios 1 exemplar
Mes de Jesús Sacramentado 1 exemplar
Sacred Passion 1 exemplar
Life of Dom Bartholomew of the Martyrs: Religious of the order of St. Dominic and archbishop of Braga, in Portugal (1890) 1 exemplar
[Libro] de la oración y consideración 1 exemplar
The sinners guide 1 exemplar
Los seis libros de la retórica eclesiástica 1 exemplar
Libro de La Oracion y Meditacion, 1: de La Oracion y Consideracion]... (Spanish Edition) (2012) 1 exemplar
Libro de Santivan Clímaco 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- de Granada, Luis,
- Data de nascimento
- 1505
- Data de falecimento
- 1588-12-31
- Sexo
- male
- País (no mapa)
- Spain
- Local de nascimento
- Granada, Spain
- Local de falecimento
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Organizações
- Order of Preachers
Membros
Críticas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 64
- Membros
- 535
- Popularidade
- #46,549
- Avaliação
- 4.5
- Críticas
- 16
- ISBN
- 51
- Línguas
- 5
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
For the beginner and layman it provides a very useful overview of the Christian life rooted in the practice of virtue. For the proficient and the advanced, I think it serves as a good reminder of the basics of our faith and reminds them of the need for humility and simplicity.
The structure of the book is very systematic, and the prose I found easy to read. I'm not sure if the Aeterna Press version is a direct translation - if it is, it's amazing how easy this is to read for a 400 year old book. I really enjoyed reading this book.
Firstly, Ven. Louis lays out some motives which 'oblige' us to practice virtue and serve God. He then goes on to expound upon the privileges of virtue and the folly of those who continue in sin. Next, he takes the seven deadly sins and gives some advice as to remedies for each of these. Finally he talks about our threefold obligation to virtue - the obligation to God, to ourselves and to our neighbour.
As for the author, Jordan Aumann O.P. wrote that "Louis of Granada stands without a peer among Dominican ascetical writers, and throughout the seventeenth century his writings were a constant source of inspiration and education for Christians throughout the civilized world. He reached his maturity during the Council of Trent and at the high point of the Golden Age of Spain. He died in 1588, when the imperial supremacy of Spain was beginning to wane.
Both as a preacher and a writer, Fray Louis dedicated himself assiduously to the indoctrination and spiritual formation of the common people. A contemporary writer stated: "Water girls carried his books under their arms and the market women read them as they waited to sell their merchandise." But another contemporary said of him with disdain that he wrote for the "wives of carpenters," forgetting, perhaps, that the wife of a carpenter was the Mother of God and the Queen of angels and saints.
Long before St. Francis de Sales appeared on the scene, Louis of Granada was preaching the traditional, orthodox doctrine of the universal vocation of all Christians to the perfection of charity. He was a theologian for the laity, but in addition to the rank-and-file Christians, the books of Fray Louis were read with great profit by some of the great saints of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. We mention only the following: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Peter Alcántara, St. Rose of Lima, St. Francis de Sales and St. Louise de Marillac."
Says it all really.… (mais)