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St. Albert the Great: Champion of Faith and Reason
Even while he was still alive, Dominican friar Albert of Cologne was widely called Magnus the Great. His contemporaries said St. Albert simply knew all there was to know; he was a scientist, theologian, and philosopher; a teacher, preacher, and negotiator; a shrewd shepherd and an unflinching defender of the Faith. The time has come to re-discover St. Albert's greatness, and to profit from his prodigious wisdom and virtue as did his famous student, St. Thomas Aquinas. Author Kevin Vost presents St. Albert's brilliant scholarly career at the height of the Church's intellectual renewal in the thirteenth century. St. Albert was tireless (and courageous) in his leadership and works of reform as a Dominican provincial and diocesan bishop. Desperate popes pressed him into diplomatic missions, hoping that Magnus might succeed in making peace where lesser men had failed. These pages not only tell St. Albert's story they share his lessons. Each chapter uses Albertine teachings, and the witness of the saint's life, to instruct, edify, and inspire us to greater holiness and more ardent love. Read St. Albert and see why the greatest man of his age has great things to offer our age as well.
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St. Albert the Great: Champion of Faith and Reason
Even while he was still alive, Dominican friar Albert of Cologne was widely called Magnus the Great. His contemporaries said St. Albert simply knew all there was to know; he was a scientist, theologian, and philosopher; a teacher, preacher, and negotiator; a shrewd shepherd and an unflinching defender of the Faith. The time has come to re-discover St. Albert's greatness, and to profit from his prodigious wisdom and virtue as did his famous student, St. Thomas Aquinas. Author Kevin Vost presents St. Albert's brilliant scholarly career at the height of the Church's intellectual renewal in the thirteenth century. St. Albert was tireless (and courageous) in his leadership and works of reform as a Dominican provincial and diocesan bishop. Desperate popes pressed him into diplomatic missions, hoping that Magnus might succeed in making peace where lesser men had failed. These pages not only tell St. Albert's story they share his lessons. Each chapter uses Albertine teachings, and the witness of the saint's life, to instruct, edify, and inspire us to greater holiness and more ardent love. Read St. Albert and see why the greatest man of his age has great things to offer our age as well.
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St. Albert the Great: Champion of Faith and Reason

St. Albert the Great: Champion of Faith and Reason

by Kevin Vost
St. Albert the Great: Champion of Faith and Reason
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St. Albert the Great: Champion of Faith and Reason

St. Albert the Great: Champion of Faith and Reason

by Kevin Vost

Overview

Even while he was still alive, Dominican friar Albert of Cologne was widely called Magnus the Great. His contemporaries said St. Albert simply knew all there was to know; he was a scientist, theologian, and philosopher; a teacher, preacher, and negotiator; a shrewd shepherd and an unflinching defender of the Faith. The time has come to re-discover St. Albert's greatness, and to profit from his prodigious wisdom and virtue as did his famous student, St. Thomas Aquinas. Author Kevin Vost presents St. Albert's brilliant scholarly career at the height of the Church's intellectual renewal in the thirteenth century. St. Albert was tireless (and courageous) in his leadership and works of reform as a Dominican provincial and diocesan bishop. Desperate popes pressed him into diplomatic missions, hoping that Magnus might succeed in making peace where lesser men had failed. These pages not only tell St. Albert's story they share his lessons. Each chapter uses Albertine teachings, and the witness of the saint's life, to instruct, edify, and inspire us to greater holiness and more ardent love. Read St. Albert and see why the greatest man of his age has great things to offer our age as well.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780895559463
Publisher: TAN Books
Publication date: 03/01/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
File size: 458 KB

About the Author

Kevin Vost holds a Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) degree from the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. He has taught at Aquinas College in Nashville, the University of Illinois at Springfield, Mac-Murray College, and Lincoln Land Community College. Dr. Vost drinks great drafts of coffee while studying timeless, Thomistic tomes in the company of his wife, two sons, and their two dogs in Springfield, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Author's Preface: A Great man for all Seasons xi

Introduction: The Least shall be the Greatest xiii

Part I Thinker

Chapter 1 Saintly Scientist 3

Chapter 2 Studious Student 14

Chapter 3 Talented Teacher 26

Chapter 4 Foundational Philosopher 39

Chapter 5 Memory Master 52

Part II Doer

Chapter 6 Docile Dominican 67

Chapter 7 Prudent Preacher 75

Chapter 8 Providential Provincial 83

Chapter 9 Booted Bishop 89

Chapter 10 Coped Crusader 100

Chapter 11 Pontifical Peacemaker 106

Part III Lover

Chapter 12 Mary's Minstrel 115

Chapter 13 Lady Lover 125

Chapter 14 Thorough Theologian 132

Chapter 15 Charging Champion 143

Chapter 16 Cherished Child 153

Conclusion: The Undisputed Universal Doctor 159

Appendix 1 The Life and Times of St. Albert the Great 168

Appendix 2 Prayer of Albert the Great to End a Sermon 171

Notes 173

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