The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
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Author: Alban Butler ISBN: 9781465585110
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Alban Butler
ISBN: 9781465585110
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
“THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS” is republished. This work—this inestimable work, is at length given to the public. Hitherto the circulation of it was confined to those who could afford to purchase it in TWELVE volumes, and at a proportionate price. It is now stereotyped, printed in good character, on fine paper, and published at a price not only below its value, but below the hopes of the publisher. It is therefore now, and for the first time, that “THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS” are, properly speaking, given to the public. And what is the nature and character of this work, which is thus placed within the reach of almost every family in Ireland? We presume to say, that “The Lives of the Saints” is an historical supplement to the Old and New Testaments; an illustration of all that God has revealed, and of all the sanctity which his divine grace has produced among the children of men. It is a history, not so much of men, as of all ages and nations; of their manners, customs, laws, usages, and creeds. It is a succinct, but most accurate and satisfactory account of all that the Church of God has done or suffered in this world from the creation to almost our own days: an account not extracted from authentic records only, but one which exhibits at every page the living examples, the speaking proofs, of whatever it sets forth or asserts. As drawings taken by an artist, and afterwards carved on plates of steel or copper, present to us views of a country, or of the productions of the earth and sea, so “The Lives of the Saints” exhibit to the reader images the most perfect of whatever the human race, in times past, has yielded to God in return for his countless mercies.
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“THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS” is republished. This work—this inestimable work, is at length given to the public. Hitherto the circulation of it was confined to those who could afford to purchase it in TWELVE volumes, and at a proportionate price. It is now stereotyped, printed in good character, on fine paper, and published at a price not only below its value, but below the hopes of the publisher. It is therefore now, and for the first time, that “THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS” are, properly speaking, given to the public. And what is the nature and character of this work, which is thus placed within the reach of almost every family in Ireland? We presume to say, that “The Lives of the Saints” is an historical supplement to the Old and New Testaments; an illustration of all that God has revealed, and of all the sanctity which his divine grace has produced among the children of men. It is a history, not so much of men, as of all ages and nations; of their manners, customs, laws, usages, and creeds. It is a succinct, but most accurate and satisfactory account of all that the Church of God has done or suffered in this world from the creation to almost our own days: an account not extracted from authentic records only, but one which exhibits at every page the living examples, the speaking proofs, of whatever it sets forth or asserts. As drawings taken by an artist, and afterwards carved on plates of steel or copper, present to us views of a country, or of the productions of the earth and sea, so “The Lives of the Saints” exhibit to the reader images the most perfect of whatever the human race, in times past, has yielded to God in return for his countless mercies.

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