Author : Archbishop Vaughan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 133048617X
The Life and Labours of Saint Thomas of Aquin (Classic Reprint) by Archbishop Vaughan Pdf
Excerpt from The Life and Labours of Saint Thomas of Aquin It was a happy inspiration which moved the lamented Archbishop Vaughan, now more than twenty years ago, to undertake the herculean work of writing a colossal Life of St. Thomas of Aquin. What the pious Touron had done for France, the learned Werner for Germany, and the eloquent Frigerio for Italy, that the late Archbishop of Sydney achieved for England. He might have contented himself with a humbler task, producing merely a translation of one of the works of these standard authors. A volume, even of this description, would have been welcomed in a language which hitherto could boast of no exhaustive Life of the Angelical. But the ambition, the genius and the devotion of Archbishop Vaughan aimed at something loftier and more worthy of his illustrious Saint. A translation, even at its best, is but a work of second rate rank. 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.
