The Christ's Call to Perfection and the Religious Life According to the Doctors of the Church
Language: English
Published by Colloquium Verlag, 2026
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- Title
- The Christ's Call to Perfection and the Religious Life According to the Doctors of the Church
- Author
- Goodwin, Sidney
- Publisher
- Colloquium Verlag
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798235328051
From the first pages of the Gospel, the figure of Christ stands before humanity not merely as a teacher of moral principles or a founder of a religious movement, but as the living and incarnate summons to a new way of life. His words, gestures, and very presence communicate a divine invitation that is at once universal and deeply personal. Among His teachings, none is more striking, more demanding, or more luminous than the command spoken in the Sermon on the Mount: "Be you therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." This imperative, addressed to all who would follow Him, forms the foundation of the Christian understanding of perfection. It is not a counsel for the few, nor a poetic exaggeration meant to inspire without binding. It is a real call, rooted in the mystery of grace, and it shapes the entire spiritual tradition of the Church.
The purpose of this book is to explore this call to perfection and the religious life through the eyes of the Doctors of the Church, those men and women whose sanctity, learning, and doctrinal clarity have shaped the Catholic tradition across centuries. Their writings, homilies, treatises, and mystical works form a treasury of wisdom that illuminates the meaning of perfection, the nature of the evangelical counsels, and the place of the religious state within the Church. By examining their teachings, we gain not only historical insight but also a living guide for the spiritual journey. The Doctors do not speak as distant theorists; they speak as witnesses who lived the Gospel to its depths and who understood the demands and the beauty of the consecrated life.
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