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After the eighth edition in 1779, Alphonsus considered his work definitive, and in 1785 the ninth edition finalized the book's contents. [2] Since his death, many further editions have been published, including a partially completed English edition from Mediatrix Press, the first volume of which was released in 2017.
Saints Books, E-Book Library of the Works of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori; Founder Statue in St Peter's Basilica; Free scores by Alphonsus Liguori in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki) Liguori, Alphonsus. The Holy Mass, Eugene Grimm ed., Benziger Brothers, New York, 1887; Liguori, Alphonsus.
Spiritual Communion, as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Alphonsus Liguori teach, produces effects similar to Sacramental Communion, according to the dispositions with which it is made, the greater or less earnestness with which Jesus is desired, and the greater or less love with which Jesus is welcomed and given due attention.
The practical manner of salvation is expounded on by St. Alphonsus Liguori, a Doctor of the Church: "... to gain Heaven, it is necessary to walk in the straight road that leads to eternal bliss. This road is the observance of the divine commands. Hence, in his preaching, the Baptist exclaimed: "Make straight the way of the Lord."
That the Church has given positive approval to probabilism in the person of St. Alphonsus is proved from the fact that his works including his treatises in favour of probabilism, received official sanction from the Decree of 18 May 1803, the reply of the Sacred Penitentiary of 5 July 1831, the Bull of Canonization of 26 May 1839, and the ...
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It is a ministry of the Redemptorists founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori. [1] [2] The newsletter is run by Thomas Santa, a Redemptorist priest who ministers to those with scrupulosity. [3] Liguori himself suffered from "scruples" and feelings of religious guilt in his own life and developed techniques for helping people with the condition.
The book was written in part as a defense of Marian devotion at a time when it had come under criticism. The book combines numerous citations in favor of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Church Fathers and the Doctors of the Church with Saint Alphonsus' own personal views on Marian veneration and includes a number of Marian prayers and practices.