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Commissioned by Our Lord Himself to preach His Gospel, St. Vincent began at age 50 an apostolate of preaching that would extend to France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and a few other countries as well. Travelling with him were as many as 10,000 people, including at least 50 priests. The throngs that gathered to hear him came from many miles around, such that he was forced to preach in the open--no church being large enough to hold all the people. Impr. 205 pgs, 12 Illus.,

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	02 janvier 2001
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618904935
Langue	English

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St. Vincent Ferrer “The Angel of the Judgment” 1350-1419

Having at the request of the Very Reverend Father Provincial read the work entitled St. Vincent Ferrer, of the Order of Friar Preachers: His Life, Spiritual Teaching, and Practical Devotion, we have found nothing therein but what is conducive to the edification of the faithful.
— Fr. J. M. Monsabré, Ord. Praed. Fr. T. Bourard, Ord. Praed., L.S.T.
Having seen the above approbation, we sanction the publication of the work entitled St. Vincent Ferrer, etc.
— Fr. A. N. Saudreau, Ord. Praed. Provincial of the French Province
Imprimatur: A. de Pous Vicar General, Toulouse October 9, 1863
Nihil Obstat: Fr. Raymond Palmer, Ord. Praed. Censor Deputatus
Imprimatur: Henry Edward Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
Published by R. Washbourne, London, in 1875 as St. Vincent Ferrer, of the Order of Friar Preachers: His Life, Spiritual Teaching, and Practical Devotion. The first of these three parts (his Life) was retypeset with minor editing of language and republished in 2000 by TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., with the addition of pictures.
Copyright © 2000 by TAN Books and Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 978-0-89555-686-8
Library of Congress Control No.: 00-134505
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
TAN Books Charlotte, North Carolina 2000
To his Brethren and Sisters in St. Dominic, Spread through England, Ireland and America, This work rendered into English Is affectionately dedicated by The Translator.
St. Peter’s Priory, Hinckley Feast of St. Dominic August 4, 1875
St. Vincent Ferrer as portrayed by an artist.
CONTENTS
Preface
—SECTION ONE—
F ROM THE S AINT ’ S B IRTH TO H IS R ELIGIOUS P ROFESSION . 1350–1368.
1. Prodigies which Preceded the Birth of St. Vincent Ferrer—His Baptism—Infancy and Childhood of St. Vincent
2. St. Vincent Ferrer Receives the Habit of the Friar Preachers—His Novitiate and Profession
—SECTION TWO—
F ROM THE S AINT ’ S R ELIGIOUS P ROFESSION TO H IS C ALL TO A M IRACULOUS A POSTOLATE . 1368–1398.
3. Studies of St. Vincent Ferrer—His Profound Learning—His Great Piety during His Course of Studies and Scholastic Labors
4. First Preachings of St. Vincent Ferrer—Continuation of the Saint’s Preaching Until His Definitive Call to Avignon
—SECTION THREE—
T HE M IRACULOUS A POSTOLATE OF S T . V INCENT F ERRER . 1398-1419.
5. Christ Miraculously Calls the Saint to an Extraordinary Apostolate in the Church—State of Christianity at the Epoch when St. Vincent Received His Divine Mission
6. St. Vincent’s Mode of Life during His Miraculous Apostolate—The Method Employed by the Saint in Preaching
7. The Company which Followed St. Vincent Ferrer in the Course of His Miraculous Apostolate—Extraordinary Fruits Produced by the Saint in Pious Souls during that Period
8. The Universal Conversion which the Miraculous Apostolate of St. Vincent Ferrer Produced in the Church—Its Abundant Fruits among Heretics and Jews
9. The Apostolic Success of St. Vincent Ferrer among the Followers of Mohammed—The Principal Countries and Cities in which the Saint Preached in the Course of His Miraculous Apostolate
10. The Saint’s Last Apostolic Journeys in Brittany—To the Council of Constance—In Normandy—And again in Brittany
—SECTION FOUR—
T HE V IRTUES OF S T . V INCENT F ERRER .
11. The Virtues of St. Vincent Ferrer in Their Relation to the Service of God—The Saint’s Charity toward His Neighbor—His Heroic Devotedness to the Temporal Necessities of His Brethren
12. Incomparable Zeal of St. Vincent Ferrer for the Salvation of Souls—Other Virtues of the Saint
—SECTION FIVE—
T HE M ARVELOUS G IFTS WHICH S HONE F ORTH IN S T . V INCENT F ERRER .
13. St. Vincent Ferrer Favored with a Multitude of Visions, Revelations, and Ecstasies—The Secrets of Hearts Revealed to the Saint
14. St. Vincent Ferrer Endowed with the Gift of Prophecy—The Grace of Miracles Accorded without Measure to the Saint
—SECTION SIX—
D EATH OF S T . V INCENT F ERRER (1419).
15. The Saint Dies at Vannes in Brittany—His Burial—Canonization—His Relics
16. Devotion Offered to St. Vincent Ferrer by the People and by Holy Personages—Extraordinary Favors with which the Saint Rewarded the Devotion of His Clients
Notes
A Collection of Classic Artwork
A Brief Life of Christ
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
Preface
A DESCRIPTION of the marvelous influence exercised by St. Vincent Ferrer on his age is not the principal design of the work which we offer to the public. In an admirable biography of this great man, the Abbé Bayle has traced out the most salient points in his character. Therefore, to reproduce in the following pages the picture which he has drawn would be foreign to our purpose. Our intention, then, is rather to initiate the pious public, and especially the Dominican family, into the intimate life and heroic virtues of the man of God, in order that they may imitate him, according to the degree of perfection to which each soul is divinely called. It would, indeed, be a strange illusion to imagine that there was much more to be admired than imitated in this remarkable life. We can, on the contrary, mold ourselves in many ways on this model, especially when it has reference to interior dispositions.
Father Teoli, a religious of our Order who lived in the last century and who wrote the most complete and accurate life of our Saint, has furnished us with the basis of our work. Following the example of this praiseworthy writer, we have not hesitated to relate certain traits well calculated to lead us to admire the stupendous and supreme power of working miracles which God sometimes accords to His Saints. It should be well borne in mind that the facts which we reveal rest on documents worthy of belief and respect, and that we address ourselves to pious readers. But this class admits the divine marvels the more readily in proportion as they who compose it are less carnal and more pure. We moreover willingly repeat, with Father Teoli, that in the facts here recorded, as well as in the title of Blessed which we have applied to certain personages whose veneration has not yet received the formal sanction of the Holy See, our intention is not to speak as though we had authority in the Church; we merely propose them with the guarantees of a purely human authority.
May our publication be serviceable to you, dear reader! Should it produce any good in you, be pleased, in return, to remember us in your prayers to the Saint whom we shall have venerated together. And you will crown this charity which we hope for from you if you will join to it a particular intention in favor of some pious persons who have afforded us useful and friendly help in the accomplishment of this work.
—SECTION ONE—
F ROM THE S AINT ’ S B IRTH T O H IS R ELIGIOUS P ROFESSION . 1350-1368.
Chapter 1
Prodigies which Preceded the Birth of St. Vincent Ferrer—Baptism, Infancy and Childhood of St. Vincent.

I N the middle of the fourteenth century, there dwelt at Valencia, in Spain, a pious couple who were not less distinguished by birth than by the virtues which adorned their lives. These were William Ferrer, a descendant of an ancient Catalonian family, and Constance Miguel, the daughter of a naval officer and kinswoman of the Bishop of Valencia. They had already been blessed with two children when a third was born to them on the 23rd of January, in the year 1350.
History affirms that certain remarkable signs preceded the birth of this child of benediction. One night while the father slept, he dreamed that he entered the church of the Dominicans at Valencia when one of that Order was preaching to the multitude from the pulpit and that the preacher, turning toward him, addressed him in these words: “I felicitate you, William. In a few days you will have a son who will become a prodigy of learning and sanctity. He will be the object of your delight and the honor of your house. The world will resound with the fame of his wondrous deeds; he will fill Heaven with joy and Hell with terror. He will put on the habit which I wear, and will be received in the Church with universal joy as one of its first Apostles.” Then it seemed to him that the people, who had attentively listened to what was said, thanked God with a loud voice for the marvelous news and offered him their felicitations likewise. Delighted at these consoling predictions, he joined his thanksgiving to that of the multitude. When he awoke, he related to his spouse all that had transpired in the course of his dream, and they resolved to confer with their kinsman, the Bishop. To William’s account of what had occurred, Constance added two things equally singular which she had herself experienced. The first was the fact that from the commencement of her pregnancy, she had felt none of the pains which usually accompany that state; and the second, that she frequently fancied she had heard the child, who was near its birth, give utterance to cries that resembled the barking of a little dog—a circumstance much resembling the vision of Blessed Jane of Aza, the mother of St. Dominic.
The prelate clearly understood the meaning of these mysterious signs and said to them: “Rejoice in the Lord; the child which you are about to bring into the world will be a worthy son of St. Dominic and