The Priesthood

by Wilhelm Stockums

Book Overview

In the 1974 Foreword, Fr. John M. Dougherty, S.S. says it contains "the most inspiring, eloquent, and convincing pages I have ever read on this most exalted of all vocations. The book is a masterpiece, and if I were a bishop I would see to it that a copy of it were in the hands of each of my priests. And if I were a seminary rector, I would do all I could to place a copy in the hands of every member of my faculty and of each of my students."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895551705
• ISBN13: 9780895551702
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Tan Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Review from the Publisher

1938 edition. Nine chapters on the nature and essence of the priesthood by the late auxiliary bishop of Cologne, Germany. In the 1974 Foreword, Fr. John M. Dougherty, S.S. says it contains "the most inspiring, eloquent, and convincing pages I have ever read on this most exalted of all vocations. The book is a masterpiece, and if I were a bishop I would see to it that a copy of it were in the hands of each of my priests. And if I were a seminary rector, I would do all I could to place a copy in the hands of every member of my faculty and of each of my students." 241pp. PB. Imprimatur.