Edward Male's The Ancient Fathers on the Office and Work of the Priesthood in the Church of Christ appeared in 1891. Drawing upon the works of numerous patristic authorities as well as Bernard of Clairvaux and Peter de Blois, Male synthesized their theological reflection and endeavored to present "the unanimous sentiments of the Church Catholic on its important subject" (from the Translator's Preface). Book I, On the Office and Character of the Priesthood, contains sections "On the Excellence and Holiness of the Priestly Office" and "The Virtues Proper to the Clerical Order, Separately...
Edward Male's The Ancient Fathers on the Office and Work of the Priesthood in the Church of Christ appeared in 1891. Drawing upon the works of numerou...
