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The Jesuits . E-book. Formato Mobipocket Edward N. Hoare - Simone Vannini, 2016 -
Of all the various human combinations that have ever risen to adorn or to disgrace humanity, the Society of the Jesuits is perhaps the most remarkable. The great men of the world have constructed mighty schemes for its government, and the utmost powers of the human mind have again and again been called out in order to combine men for the attainment of some given end; but of all these varied schemes, I believe it may be safely affirmed that there never yet has been known one so admirably suited to its end, so beautifully adjusted in its parts, so wonderfully adapted to the real condition of society, or possessing so extraordinary a capability of applying its movements, so as to meet the ways and wishes of all those countless characters upon whom its action is employed. The question whether such an institution is a curse or a blessing to the human race must, of course, depend on two things, viz., the object to which its efforts are directed, and the principles by which they are controlled. If that object be the honour of the Lord Jesus Christ, and if those principles be in harmony with the Word of God, then, clearly, so varied and effective an instrumentality must act most powerfully for the benefit of man; but if, on the other hand, its object be to pervert the truth and impede its progress,—if, again, the principles of its action be flatly opposed, not merely to the Word of God, but also to the most elementary maxims of even natural morality,—then it is equally clear that the perfection of the instrument merely adds to its fatal power, and just in proportion to the completeness of the machinery will be the deadliness of the blight which it will produce upon society.
The Forgery. E-book. Formato Mobipocket George Payne Rainsford James - Publisher S11838, 2015 -
One of the finest characters in the world was the old English merchant. We may and have improved upon many things, but not upon that. A different spirit reigns in commerce from that which ruled it long ago, and not a better one. We are more the shopkeeper, as a celebrated but not a great man called us, and less the merchant. As a people, our commerce is more extended, but the separate transactions are smaller; and minute dealings almost always produce paltry minds. Not at all do I mean to say that the old English merchant is without his representatives; but they are fewer than in other times, both with reference to our numbers and to our extended trade.
Una fraternità orante e profetica in un mondo che cambiaRileggere la Regola del Carmelo oggi. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Bruno Secondin - Graphe.It Edizioni, 2010 -
In occasione dei suoi venticinque anni professione religiosa (1982) p. Bruno Secondin aveva pubblicato un commento sulla Regola Carmelitana nel quale proponeva una “nuova interpretazione”, in prospettiva di “fraternità”. In questi anni ha pubblicato ancora altre proposte di commento (in francese, in spagnolo, in portoghese, in inglese, in tedesco e anche in italiano). Ora al compiersi dei cinquant'anni dalla sua prima professione religiosa ha voluto ritornare ancora sul tema con questo commento, che riprende molte delle nuove prospettive da lui introdotte, e che sono diventate anche patrimonio comune in tutta la famiglia carmelitana. Il libro si divide in 6 capitoli, attraverso i quali – in un linguaggio non complicato, ma dallo stile colloquiale – propone un’interpretazione “globale e unificatrice”, che renda ragione di ogni elemento del testo. Nel commento si trovano anche molti spunti di attualizzazione, in sintonia con la nostra sensibilità spirituale ed ecclesiale. La sapienza teologica e spirituale del p. Bruno Secondin, maturata in tanti anni di insegnamento alla PUG e mostrata in una trentina di libri pubblicati (di cui molti anche tradotti in altre lingue), garantisce la serietà del commento e la forza ispiratrice della sua rilettura della Regola Carmelitana.