Steps of Ascension to God

by Robert Bellarmine

Publisher:

W. Freeman

, 1705

Overview

In 15 steps, St. Robert Bellarmine outlines practical ways in which believers can get closer to God. Using Scripture and the words of the Church Fathers, Bellarmine provides the blueprints for an internal “ladder by which he may ascend as high as to God Almighty.”

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Key Features

• Offers practical steps for growing closer to God
• Provides insight into early seventeenth-century spirituality
• Presents the wisdom of a modern Doctor of the Church

Product Details

• Title: Steps of Ascension to God
• Author: St. Robert Bellarmine
• Publisher: W. Freeman
• Publication Date: 1705
• Pages: 271
• Christian Group: Catholic
• Resource Type: Topical
• Topic: Post-Reformation, Spirituality

About Robert Bellarmine

St. Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621) studied theology at the University of Padua and the University of Leuven. He was the first Jesuit to teach at the University of Leuven, and the subject of his course wasThomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica. After seven years, he moved and taught theology at the new Rome College. In 1592, he was made rector of the Roman College, then examiner of bishops in 1598, and then cardinal in 1599. In 1602 he was made archbishop of Capua, and later served as archbishop of Montepulciano until his retirement. He was prominent in the Counter-Reformation. In 1930, he was canonized by Pope Pius XI. He is a Doctor of the Church.