Saint Dominic And The Order Of Preachers

Irish Dominican nuns join the Cabra Congregation of Domininican Sisters in Argentina to work in the barrios and assimilate into the Latin American Church, linking these accounts to the changes brought about by the renewal movement in religious life.

Foreword 6 Preface 7 PART I 12 THE BIOGRAPHY OF ST. DOMINIC Birth and Childhood 12 Education 13 Canon of Osma 14 A Mission of State 15 Missionary Aspirations 15 The Albigensian Heresy 16 Failure of Papal Legates 17 His Apostolic Zeal 18 The Miracle at Fanjeaux 19 Institution of the Second Order 19 Adversities 20 The Inquisition 21 The Rosary 23 The Crusade 24 Refusal of Episcopal Honors 26 The First Community House 27 Approval as a Diocesan Community 27 Council of the Lateran 28 Disappointment 29 Meeting of St. Dominic and St. Francis 30 Innocent III Names the Order 31 Selection of a Rule 31 Confirmation of the Order 32 Dispersion of the Brethren 33 Miracle at St. Sixtus 34 The Order and the Universities 35 Journey to Spain 36 Foundations in Italy and Poland 37 The First General Chapter 38 Preaching in Lombardy and the Third Order 39 The Second General Chapter 40 St. Dominic's Character 42 PART II 45 GENIUS OF THE ORDER Character of the Times 45 Danger of This Movement 46 The Struggle Against Rationalism 46 St. Dominic's Grasp of the Situation 48 Contemplative Element 48 The Vows 50 Spirit of Dominican Discipline 51 Dispensations 52 Rule and Constitutions 53 Organization 54 Study 58 Theological Systems 58 Need of a New Method 59 St. Dominic's Plan 60 Its Execution 63 Obstacles to Study Eliminated 65 Schools of the Order 65 New Studies 68 Preaching 69 Deficiency of Preachers 69 Preaching the Vocation of Dominicans 70 St. Dominic's Plan Unique 71 Preaching the Chief Work of the Order 72 Preachers to All 74 Preaching to Infidels 75 Not All Preachers 77 PART III 78 DOMINICAN ACHIEVEMENTS Education 78 Theology and Philosophy 83 Scripture 92 Canon Law 97 Languages 98 Literature 101 Science 107 Missionaries and Martyrs 110 Saints and Mystics 121 Sociology 125 Art 131 In Other Fields of Service 136 APPENDIX 140 Letter of Pope Benedict XV 140 Encyclical of Pope Benedict XV on the Seventh Centenary of the Death of St. Dominic 145

The spirituality of St. Dominic and his early followers was a force in 13th-century Europe. Here is a selection of works that represent the simplicity, ruggedness and clarity of the Dominicans' biblically-based, Christ-centered spirituality.

Excerpt from Saint Dominic and the Order of Preachers Any sketch of the mission, organization and his tory of the Dominican Order which did not contain an adequate study of its holy founder would be much like the play of Hamlet with the Dane left out. For it is from its founder that every order gets its own genuine and authentic spirit, temper, fibre, character, individuality, ethos - or whatever other name may be chosen to designate the marks that distinguish and set off, apart and alone, one re ligious institute from every other. If, then, no two orders are alike in spirit and organization, it is for the very simple reason that no two individuals are quite the same in temperament and ideals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.