The Madrid publishing house Library of Christian Authors (Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos: BAC) has just published the most recent book of Fr. Francis Moriones, OAR a member of our Tagaste Monastery community in Suffern. It is titled Teología de S. Agustín.
We need to report two points worthy of both historic and human interest. Encouraged by the Augustinology Institute of our order, the Order of Augustinian Recollects, Fr. Moriones began writing this book at the age of 90 and completed it when he was 93. In order to write this work he decided to teach himself word processing. Although he had never applied his writer's hands to a computer keyboard prior to that time, each and every word contained in Teología de S. Agustín flowed forth from those very same hands.
In thirty five chapters and 744 pages, this work written in Spanish, presents the theological thought of the Bishop of Hippo on the extensive number of topics dealt with in a comprehensive dogmatic theology course. The expert from BAC who reviewed the manuscript said that it is a "magnificent work, indispensable for anyone who wishes to know St. Augustine's theology." An oak grows slowly and this book is the fruit of over 80 years of living the Augustinian Recollect charism, 70 years of priesthood and decades of both studying and teaching.
This new book may be obtained from the Madrid offices of BAC at this address:
Don Ramón de la Cruz, 57, 1º
28001 Madrid, SPAIN
Telephone: 91-309-08-62
FAX: 91-309-19-80
E-mail: bacventa@planalfa.es
Página Web: www.bac-editorial.com
This author's new book was remotely preceded by another work of his, published in 1961, the award winning Enchiridion Theologicum Sancti Augustini. That book published by BAC as well is written in Latin and rapidly sold out. We know for a fact that it was always on the work desk of Pope Paul VI.
It is also our pleasure to inform our readers that we have copies of Fr. Moriones' three volume set on Augustinian Recollect spirituality (Espiritualidad Agustino Recoleta) available for sale.
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Fr. Moriones and his new book.
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Fr. Moriones gives a copy of his book to the prior and sub-prior of Tagaste Monastery.
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