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The Five Wounds Of The Church

   
 

A study dedicated to the Catholic clergy.

   
 

With an appendix on the choice of bishops by clergy and people

   

Contents

Foreword

 

Author's Note.

 

A Necessary Introduction

 

Chapter 1

The wound in the left hand of holy Church: the division between people and clergy at public worship

Chapter 2

The wound in the right hand of holy Church: the insufficient education of the clergy

Chapter 3

The wound in the side of holy Church: disunion amongst the bishops

Chapter 4

The wound in the right foot of holy Church: the nomination of bishops left in the hands of civil government

Chapter 5

The wound in the left foot: restrictions on the Church's free use of her own temporalities

Appendix

On the choice of bishops by clergy and people

 Letter 1  Stresa, 8th June 1848
 Letter 2  Rome, 21st October 1848
 Letter 3  Rome, November 1st. 1848

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Besides commonly used abbreviations, the notes also contain:

SC = Sacrosancta Concilia, Philip. Labbei et Gabr. Costartii, Venice 1728, with six supplementary volumes by Mansi, Lucca 1748.

Square brackets [ ] indicate an editor's note or addition. Additions frequently offer easier access to books quoted than that contained in Rosmini's references.

Latin quotations in the body of the work, but not in the notes, have been translated into English.