What Is Hard or Troublesome Here?
[CHRISTIAN LIFE.]
Idea della vera vita cristiana, ed immagine pratica, e facile della medesima. Operetta, in cui ciascuno può veder messa dolcemente in pratica una maniera assai piana di vivere cristianamente. Rome, Arcangelo Casaletti, 1788.
12mo, pp. 52; woodcut ornament to title, woodcut headpiece; some foxing and slight dampstaining, paper-flaw at foot of A5; a good copy in contemporary block-printed decorative paper wrappers; some wear to spine and edges, rubbed.
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Idea della vera vita cristiana, ed immagine pratica, e facile della medesima. Operetta, in cui ciascuno può veder messa dolcemente in pratica una maniera assai piana di vivere cristianamente.
A curious and extremely rare work on the ‘true Christian life’.
The anonymous writer begins by discussing commonly held misconceptions about leading a Christian life; outward displays of religion such as rosaries, habits, religious books, holy images, visits to churches, stations of the cross, novenas and so on are important but not sufficient, he states.
Advice on a ‘Christian’ day follows. After the evening meal, for example, one should examine one’s conscience and perform a few Christian exercises, then refresh the body and spirit with sleep to keep them fit for godly service the following day. Upon waking during the night one should remember God and go back to sleep. What is hard or troublesome here?, the writer asks.
Not on OCLC; only one copy on OPAC SBN, at the Biblioteca della Fondazione Primoli, Rome.