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The Unchanging Priesthood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2024

H. Francis Davis
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In 1950, two important works on the priesthood were published. The first was a posthumous work of the late Rector of Wonersh, Mgr Hallett, a small work but invaluable, the result of many years of experience in the training of the clergy. The second was a new translation by Fr Henry Davis, S.J., of St Gregory the Great's Pastoral Care. The latter has had a considerable influence on priestly spirituality in England ever since it was translated in the ninth century by Alfred the Great. It had been familiar in England in recent times, especially through Bishop Hedley's edition, Lex Levitarum.

Type
Research Article
Information
Life of the Spirit , Volume 5 , Issue 58 , April 1951 , pp. 447 - 465
Copyright
Copyright © 1951 Provincial Council of the English Province of the Order of Preachers

References

1 The Priest-Friend of Christ, by Mgr. Philip E. Hallett. (D. J. Murphy, London 1950; 6s.)

2 Ancient Christian Writers. St Gregory the Great, Pastoral Care, translated by Henry Davis, S.J. (Newman Press, Maryland, 1950; $3). The translation is as well done as we should expect from Fr Davis and is combined with useful, compact introduction, notes and index.

3 St Gregory the Great, op. cit., ed. cit., p. 179.

4 St Gregory Naz., Oratio II, 4. Nicene and Post-Nicean Fathers, translated by C. Brown and Swallow, p. 205.

5 Gregory Naz., Oratio II, 16; Gregory the Great, Pastoral Care I, i.

6 Gregory Naz., op. cit., 31; trans, cit. p. 211.

7 St Gregory, Pastoral Care, p. 132.

8 St John Chrysostom, On the Priesthood, Book 2, chapter 4, 113-114, translated by T. A. Moxon. S.P.C.K., pp. 46-48.

9 Matthew 5, 11-12 (Knox). St John Chrysostom, op. cit. book III, chapter II.

10 St Thomas, II-II; 184, 8.

11 Manning, Eternal Priesthood, p. 16

12 Pius XI, Haerent Animo, Mgr Hallett, op. cit., p. 12.