Devotion to the Sacred Heart, its theology, history and philosophy

Devotion to the Sacred Heart, its theology, history and philosophy

Author: Petrovits, Joseph J. C. (Joseph Julius Charles), b. 1886

Year: 1918

CONTENTS Introduction by His Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons Preface of the Author I The Primary Objects of Worship Adumbrations of the Cult of the Sacred Heart i II History of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart in the Period of Blessed Margaret Mary 20 III History of the Devotion After the Death of the Blessed Margaret Mary 31 IV Basis of the Devotion 42 V The Material Object of the Devotion 53 VI The Formal Object of the Devotion 73 VII The Heart in Symbolism 86 VIII The Primary and Secondary Objects of the Devotion 101 IX Created and Uncreated Love 114 X Speculative Consideration of Created and Uncreated Love 138 XI Historical Basis of the Great Promise 166 XII Contents of the Letter Referring to the Great Promise 178 XIII Interpretation of the Text of the Great Promise 196 XIV Import of the Private Revelation Referring to the Great Promise 226 XV Our Conclusions Regarding the Great Promise 238 Index 265 Bibliography 276 Digitized by Google.