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A highly successful abridgment of the monumental 2,676 page, 4 volume life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as seen in mystic vision by Venerable Mary of Agreda (1602-1665). This book overflows with enthralling information about Our Lord and Our Lady, about the creation of the world, the meaning of the Apocalypse, Lucifer's rebellion, the location of hell, the hidden life of Jesus, etc. Reveals that St. Joseph ate meat, but Our Lord and Our Lady seldom did. Makes Christ's hidden life come alive. Acclaimed by the popes, cardinals and theologians-one of the greatest Catholic books ever.

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	01 janvier 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618909060
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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The Mystical City of God in four volumes by Venerable Mary of Agreda was translated into English from the original Spanish by Fr. George J. Blatter (Fiscar Marison—his nom de plume) and published by him in 1912 with the imprint of the Theopolitan Company of Chicago, composed of Fr. Blatter, his brother, and some friends for purposes of disseminating the book. In 1929, Mr. Louis W. Bernicken assumed publication of the four volumes, and in 1949 this work was taken over by Mr. Harry D. Corcoran of Albuquerque, New Mexico under the name of the Corcoran Publishing Co. In 1971 rights to the book were purchased by Ave Maria Institute (the Blue Army) of Washington, New Jersey, the present publisher, now called the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima, USA Inc.
This popular abridgement of the four-volume work was compiled, it is believed, by Fr. Cassian Burgert, O.F.M. Cap. and was published by Mr. Bernicken. It had gone through five printings of about 1,000 copies each by the time of the printing of this paperbound edition.
IMPRIMATUR
Santa Fe, New Mexico, February 9, 1949.
I gladly give my “Imprimatur” as of today, to the new edition of the work, “The City of God” by Sister Mary of Jesus, to be reprinted from the original authorized Spanish Edition of the year 1902 without change, and already bearing the Imprimatur of His Excellency, Most Reverend H. J. Alerding, Bishop of Fort Wayne.
Edwin V. Byrne, D.D.,
Archbishop of Santa Fe.
Copyright by Rev. George J. Blatter. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 1978 by Ave Maria Institute.
Published by arrangement with Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima, USA Inc., Washington, New Jersey.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 78-62255
ISBN: 978-0-89555-070-5
TAN Books
Charlotte, North Carolina
1978
Contents
P ART 1. B OOKS O NE AND T WO
The Conception
B OOK O NE I .    WHY GOD REVEALED THE LIFE OF MARY IN THESE OUR TIMES II .    GOD’S INSCRUTABLE ESSENCE; THE DECREE OF CREATION III .    CREATION OF THE ANGELS AND THE FALL OF LUCIFER IV .    CREATION AND FALL OF MAN V .    PROPAGATION OF MANKIND. EXPECTATION OF A REDEEMER. SAINT JOACHIM AND ANNE VI .    THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION VII .    THE BLESSED BIRTH OF MARY IMMACULATE. HER NAME VIII .    HER CHILDHOOD YEARS
B OOK T WO I .    HER PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE II .    INSTRUCTION GIVEN BY THE QUEEN CONCERNING RELIGIOUS VOWS. HER FIRST YEARS IN THE TEMPLE III .    OF THE VIRTUE OF FAITH AND HOW MOST HOLY MARY PRACTICED IT IV .    OF THE VIRTUE OF HOPE, AND HOW THE VIRGIN OUR LADY EXERCISED IT V .    OF THE VIRTUE OF CHARITY IN THE MOST HOLY MARY, OUR LADY VI .    THE TRIALS OF THE QUEEN IN THE TEMPLE AND THE DEATH OF HER PARENTS VII .    HER WONDERFUL ESPOUSAL WITH SAINT JOSEPH
P ART 2. B OOKS T HREE , F OUR , F IVE AND S IX
The Incarnation and Transfixion
B OOK T HREE I .    THE NOVENA BEFORE THE INCARNATION II .    THE INCARNATION OF THE SON OF GOD III .    MOST HOLY MARY VISITS ELISABETH
B OOK F OUR I .    ST. JOSEPH RESOLVES TO LEAVE HIS SPOUSE II .    THE AMIABLE HUMILITY OF MARY TOWARD HER SPOUSE III .    THE JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM IV .    CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR IS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN BETHLEHEM, JUDA V .    THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS; THE CIRCUMCISION VI .    THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI VII .    THE PRESENTATION OF THE INFANT JESUS IN THE TEMPLE VIII .    THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT IX .    THE SWEET INTERCOURSE OF JESUS AND MARY; THEIR RETURN FROM EGYPT
B OOK F IVE I .    INTERIOR TRIALS OF MARY; JESUS IN THE TEMPLE II .    JESUS INSTRUCTS HIS MOTHER IN THE LAW OF GRACE III .    THE CONTINUED PRAYERS OF JESUS AND MARY FOR MANKIND IV .    THE HAPPY DEATH OF SAINT JOSEPH V .    THE BLESSED MOTHER OFFERS HER SON AS VICTIM TO THE ETERNAL FATHER; JESUS DEPARTS FROM NAZARETH VI .    BAPTISM OF CHRIST. HIS FAST MARY’S DOINGS DURING THESE EVENTS
B OOK S IX I .    MARY ACCOMPANIES JESUS ON HIS JOURNEYS II .    THE TRANSFIGURATION AND TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM OF OUR LORD III .    THE LAST SUPPER IV .    THE PRAYER IN GETHSEMANI AND HOW MARY JOINED THEREIN V .    JESUS BROUGHT BEFORE ANNAS AND CAIPHAS VI .    JESUS BROUGHT BEFORE PILATE. THE SCOURGING AND CROWNING WITH THORNS VII .    THE WAY OF THE CROSS VIII .    THE CRUCIFIXION IX .    MARY THE HEIRESS OF THE MERITS OF CHRIST X .    THE VICTORY OF CHRIST OVER HELL XI .    THE RESURRECTION XII .    THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST
P ART 3. B OOKS S EVEN AND E IGHT
The Coronation
B OOK S EVEN I .    DESCENT OF THE HOLY GHOST; MARY’S INTUITIVE VISION OF HIM II .    SERMON OF THE APOSTLES. MARY’S CARE FOR THE CONVERTS III .    BAPTISM OF THE CONVERTS.THE FIRST MASS. PERPETUAL PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPECIES IN MARY IV .    SOLICITUDE OF MARY FOR THE APOSTLES AND THE FAITHFUL V .    DEATH OF STEPHEN. THE CREED. DEPARTURE OF THE APOSTLES VI .    CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL
B OOK E IGHT I .    THE PERSECUTION OF HEROD AND THE WILL OF GOD MADE KNOWN TO MARY OCCASION HER SOJOURN IN EPHESUS II .    COUNCIL OF THE APOSTLES III .    THE GOSPELS IV .    HER DEVOTION TO THE PASSION OF CHRIST AND TO THE HOLY EUCHARIST. HOW SHE CELEBRATED THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND OTHER FEASTS V .    SAINT GABRIEL BRINGS NOTICE OF DEATH VI .    THE GLORIOUS TRANSITION OF THE VIRGIN MARY VII .    BURIAL AND ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN VIII .    THE CORONATION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
What the Universities of Europe, the Religious Orders and Learned Men Say of the “Ciudad de Dios.”
F ORTY years after the first appearance of the “Ciudad de Dios” the great universities of Europe were called upon to give their opinion about this great work. All the faculties, except the Jansenistic members of the Sorbonne at Paris, published highest recommendations. At the same time the learned men and teachers of each religious Order that maintained institutions of learning in Europe, were asked to contribute their opinions. The following religious Orders complied: The Augustinians, Benedictines, Carmelites, Dominicans, Jesuits, Cistercians, Basilians, Trinitarians, Mercedarians, Minims, Hieronymites, Premonstratensians, Reformed Augustinians, Theatines, Minors of the Regular Clergy, all unanimously endorsing the favorable decision previously published by the University of Salamanca. To the approbation of nearly all the Universities and Religious Orders, were then added the high eulogiums of other learned men, great divines, bishops and princes of the Church and of the Popes and the Roman Congregations. As a sample of what these witnesses said concerning the wonderful “Ciudad de Dios,” we here select the official approbation of the University of Louvain, one of the great Universities of Europe. After pointing out that God’s power of giving private revelations to whom He chooses, must not be circumscribed, and after referring to some general rules in regard to private revelations, the document proceeds to say:
“Now, while abiding the decision of the Church concerning the revelations, which are given us under the title of The City of God, we, having read the whole work, say and are of the opinion, that the faithful can read it without danger to their faith and without damage to the purity of morals; for there is not found anything within it, which could lead to relaxation or to indiscreet rigor; but on the contrary, we have come to the conclusion that it will be most useful for enlivening and augmenting the piety of the faithful, the veneration of the most holy Virgin, and the respect for the sacred mysteries.”
“The strong and the weak, the wise and the ignorant, and in fine, all the world will gather richest fruit from the reading of these books: for they contain what is most sublime in theology and in a style so simple, easy and perspicuous that, in order to enter deeply into an understanding of the holy mysteries, no more is necessary than to read them with sound judgment.”
“Combined with this simplicity are found many doctrines and valid proofs, free from contradictions and not easily found in other writings. This History explains more than a thousand difficulties in holy Scripture, in a manner equally natural and wonderful. At every step are encountered exquisite interpretations, until now unknown, and whichhad been hidden beneath the mere letter, but are laid open in these writings and brought to the light. In short, the whole work is a beautiful web of scripture passages which, though spun from its different books, are directly and specially woven into a whole for the purpose intended by the Venerable Mother.”
“In addition thereto the instructions given by the most holy Virgin at the end of each chapter contain the purest morality, instruct, entertain, and at the same time sweetly inculcate the love of virtue and abhorrence of vice, painting them in the most vivid and natural colors. They do not only convince the intellect, but they contain such a special unction, that they enkindle a sacred ardor in the soul. In meditating upon them one certainly will experience a delight not met with in ordinary writings; and the more they are read the greater is the delight experienced. Finally, the whole work contains something so unwonted and attractive that, once begun, the reading of it can scarcely be relinquished.”
“The novelty and variety found in these writings delight and recreate the reader beyond all that is pleasant in the world, at the same time instructing him and inspiring him with new fervor. All can easily persuade themselves that, if the interior life of Christ our Lord and of the most holy Virgin was not just as described in these books, it could certainly have been like it; and that it would have been well worthy of them, if it was as it is there depicted. All that is there said is befitting the majesty and humility of Christ, and in correspondence with the holiness of the Virgin and the dignity of the Mother; since there is found nothing in the whole work which was not worthy of both one and the other.
“Notwithstanding all this, we should not at all wonder if the book met with men who are disposed