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Definitive life of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824); a German Augustinian nun-mystic; stigmatist; visionary; prophet; victim soul. Prophecies and amazing revelations on every aspect of the Faith. Extremely edifying; makes the Gospels come alive with details you never knew before! 2 Volume Set. Impr. 2 vol set- 1,297 pgs;

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	01 juillet 2004
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781618902658
Langue	English

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A PPROBATION
The first volume of the work entitled “Life and Revelations of Anne Catherine Emmerich,” by Father Schmöger, C.SS.R., presented to us in manuscript, contains nothing contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church, either as to dogma or morals, and, as it seems conducive to faith and piety, we cheerfully give it the approbation solicited by the author.
PETER JOSEPH,
Bishop of Limbourg
Limbourg, September 26, 1867
Reprinted from the 1968 edition of Maria Regina Guild, Los Angeles, California, itself reprinted from the English edition of 1885.
ISBN: Volume 1—978-0-89555-059-0
Volume 2—978-0-89555-060-6
The Set—978-0-89555-061-3
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
TAN Books
Charlotte, North Carolina
2012
D EDICATION
To the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Help of Christians, and Refuge of the Human Race.
C ONTENTS
Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
1. Manners and Customs of Westphalia at the Commencement of the Present Century
2. Anne Catherine’s Baptism and Infancy
3. Anne Catherine Is Led by the Way of Visions
4. Early Training and Education
5. Anne Catherine Makes Her First Communion
6. Snares of the Evil Spirit
7. Her Communications with Her Angel
8. Anne Catherine’s Vocation to the Religious State. She Is Prepared for it by Special Direction
9. Anne Catherine from Her Seventeenth to Her Twentieth Year at Coesfeld
10. Anne Catherine’s Attempt to Learn the Organ. Three Years at the House of the Choir-Leader.
11. Anne Catherine Receives the Crown of Thorns. Her Entrance among the Augustinians of Dülmen.
12. Anne Catherine’s Novitiate
13. Anne Catherine Makes Her Vows, November 13, 1803
14. Corporal Sufferings
15. Sister Emmerich’s Ecstasies and Prayer
16. Suppression of the Convent. Sister Emmerich Receives the Stigmata
17. Ecclesiastical Investigation. Dean Rensing’s Report
18. First Visit of the Vicar-General to Dülmen
19. Measures Adopted by the Vicar-General
20. Sister Emmerich’s Wounds Are Bandaged
21. Second Visit of the Vicar-General to Dülmen
22. Visits. A Protestant Physician’s Testimony
23. Last Days of Holy Week. Feast of Easter
24. Dean Rensing and Dr. Krauthausen Grow Impatient
25. Dean Rensing’s Testimony
26. From Easter to Pentecost, 1813
27. The Vicar-General’s Fourth Visit to Dülmen
28. Dean Overberg’s, Dean Rensing’s and Dr. Wesener’s Testimony Regarding the Stigmata
29. The Surveillance of Ten Days. End of the Ecclesiastical Investigation.
30. The Vicar-General’s Last Visit to Dülmen. He Desires to Remove Sister Emmerich to Darfeld.
31. Sister Emmerich’s Life after the Investigation. Her Surroundings. The Abbé Lambert. Her Sister Gertrude.
32. Dr. William Wesener. Mesmerism.
33. Attempts to Remove Sister Emmerich to Münster. Death of Her Aged Mother
34. Clement Brentano. Sister Emmerich’s Influence On His Spiritual Life
35. The Pilgrim’s Return. Rumors of a New Investigation
36. Sister Emmerich Is Placed under Arrest. Her Presentiment of This Event. Its Results
37. Measures Taken by the Vicar-General
38. The Captivity
39. Close of the Ecclesiastical Year
40. Miraculous Effects of the Crusts that Fell From Sister Emmerich’s Stigmata. December 28, 1818
41. Advent and Christmas, 1819. Journeys in Vision to a Jewish City in Abyssinia, and To the Mountain of the Prophets, via Thibet. Labors for Poor Children. Mystical Sufferings
A Collection of Classic Artwork
A Brief Life of Chirst
Introductory
The Setting
Birth of Jesus
Childhood at Nazareth
John The Bapist
Jesus Begins His Ministry
Journey To Galilee
The Kingdom and the Apostles
Manifestations of Divine Power
Speaking in Parables
Increasing Popularity
Death of John the Baptist
Miracles of the Loaves
The Bread of Life
Peter the Rock
Training of the Twelve
Visit to Jerusalem
Clash with the Pharisees
Judean Ministry
The Supreme Declaration
Raising of Lazarus
Last Missionary Days
Banquet at Bethany
Palm Sunday
Second Cleansing of the Temple
Day of Questions
Judas the Betrayer
The Last Supper
Arrest and Trial
Death on Calvary
Risen and Living Still
P REFACE TO THE E NGLISH E DITION
T HE LIFE of Anne Catherine Emmerich is already well known to thousands in Germany, Italy, and France. Its publication in those countries was hailed by numbers who have profitted by its perusal. It will be no small recommendation in its favor to state that His Holiness, Pius IX of blessed memory, ordered the Italian translation to be made from advanced proof-sheets of the German. The French, also, as we are told by Canon de Cazalès in his preface, was taken from the original proofs furnished by the author himself, Very Rev. Carl Erhard Schmöger, C.SS.R.
The present translation from the edition of 1870 was undertaken in the conviction that the work is calculated to edify English readers not less than those of other nationalities. We were likewise actuated by the persuasion that it would be pleasing to Almighty God to publish the wonders of His workings in chosen souls; for if it is good to hide the secret of the king, it is also honorable to confess the works of the Most High. ( Tobias 12:7).
The disciples of Antichrist never weary of publishing book after book, each more pernicious than the preceding, with the design of perverting the mind and corrupting the hearts of millions; they employ every effort, every stratagem to spread around by means of the press and in every possible form the deadly poison of Hell.
Should the children of Holy Church, they who have it in their power to counteract these diabolical designs by the publication and circulation of good books, remain idle? Should they fancy themselves exonerated from further efforts in a contrary direction by the mere utterance of useless lamentations while, at the same time, they behold that tide of evil gaining fresh strength as it sweeps along bearing with it innumerable souls to ruin? Can too much be done to stem the torrent, to avert the danger before it is too late?
May we not, also, while offering an antidote to the deadly effects of so much of our current literature, supply the spiritual wants, and gratify the varied tastes of many souls hungering for fresh and more suitable nourishment?
Much has already been done in English Catholic literature, both in defense of Catholic principles and to lay before the public the lives of numerous saints and servants of God. But much still remains to be done, and it ought to be accomplished as carefully, as conscientiously as so noble an object deserves.
As every bad book tends to mislead the mind and corrupt the heart of its reader, so every good book is a cherished companion, a faithful teacher, whose lessons are often more telling on the interior life than the most eloquent sermons.
Should we have today a St. Ignatius Loyola had he, when convalescing after his wound at Pompeluna, been supplied with novels by way of entertainment instead of the legends of the saints? Where would be our great St. Teresa had she continued her secret perusal of those dangerous romances which she found in the paternal home? Should we be called upon to lament the spiritual ruin of so many of our young people, had they not imbibed principles of infidelity and licentiousness from the pages of those miserable publications whose only aim is to depict vice in its most vivid colors, and to spread it broadcast throughout the land? Earnest Catholic parents, good Catholic schools, zealous priests, are indeed rich blessings for our Catholic youth; but let some dangerous book fall into a child’s hands, and the efforts of parents, teachers, and priests will soon be frustrated.
May the present work, The Life [ and Revelations ] of Anne Catherine Emmerich , open in the future, as it has done in the past, a source of multiplied graces to its readers! May its perusal prepare them for that of another most intimately connected with it; viz., the “Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Blessed Mother,” compiled from the revelations made to this holy religious!
If some of our readers find it difficult to lend credence to the extraordinary favors conferred upon this privileged spouse of Christ, let them remember that they are facts not met in everyday life, consequently, facts to the contemplation of which the mind must be gradually trained as to any other subject of thought and reflection. Let them understand that the arm of the Lord is not shortened : that He who bestowed so many extraordinary favors on His servants both of the Old and the New Law, has the same power, the same freedom to show forth in our own day for the benefit of mankind His marvelous gifts in those whom He has selected and prepared for them.
To those of our readers who may feel an interest in the opinion of theologians concerning the present biography, we can afford evidence not to be lightly put aside.
Even in her lifetime, after she had been subjected to the test of a most rigid examination, sound theologians approved Anne Catherine Emmerich’s supernatural state; after her death sound theologians wrote and examined her life, and distinguished ecclesiastical authorities set their seal of approbation upon it. Among the first class, we may mention Msgr. Clemens Auguste, Count von Droste-Vischering, Coadjutor-Bishop of Münster, later Archbishop of Cologne, who suffered so much, even two years’ imprisonment, for defending and upholding the rights of the Church against the encroachments of the government. We mention the renowned Bishop Michael Sailer, of Ratisbon, and his coadjutor, the saintly Bishop Wittman, 1 one of the greatest prelates of our age. Some hours before the death of the latter, as we read in Schmöger’s Lebensbild , he earnestly exhorted the Pilgrim (Brentano) to publish his manuscripts relating to the s