Fraternal Charity
FRATERNAL CHARITY
AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION
NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO
PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE 1908
F. THOMAS BERGH, O.S.B., Censor Deputatus.
GULIELMUS,
Episcopus Arindelensis, Vicarius Generalis.
WESTMONASTERII, Die 7 Feb., 1908.
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
THE name of Father Valuy, S.J., is already favourably known to English readers by several translations of his works, which have a large circulation.
The following little treatise is taken from one of his works on the Religious Life, and is translated with the kind permission of the publisher, M. Emmanuel Vitte, of Lyons. The subject is so important a factor in community life that I feel confident it will supply a want hitherto felt by many.
Though specially written for religious, it cannot fail to prove beneficial to seculars in every sphere of life, as love, the sunshine of existence, is wanted everywhere.
Benôit Valuy
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FRATERNAL CHARITY
REV. FATHER VALUY, S.J.
Contents
FRATERNAL CHARITY
CHARITY THE PECULIAR VIRTUE OF CHRIST
FIRST FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH
THE FAMILY SPIRIT
EGOTISM, OR SELF-SEEKING
FIRST CHARACTERISTIC OF FRATERNAL CHARITY
SECOND CHARACTERISTIC
THIRD CHARACTERISTIC
FOURTH CHARACTERISTIC
FIFTH CHARACTERISTIC
SIXTH CHARACTERISTIC
SEVENTH CHARACTERISTIC
EIGHTH CHARACTERISTIC
NINTH CHARACTERISTIC
TENTH CHARACTERISTIC
ELEVENTH CHARACTERISTIC
TWELFTH CHARACTERISTIC
EXTENT AND DELICACY OF GOD'S CHARITY FOR MEN
FIRST PRESERVATIVE
SECOND PRESERVATIVE
THIRD PRESERVATIVE
FOURTH PRESERVATIVE
FIFTH PRESERVATIVE
SIXTH PRESERVATIVE
SEVENTH PRESERVATIVE
EIGHTH PRESERVATIVE
NINTH PRESERVATIVE
TENTH PRESERVATIVE
ELEVENTH PRESERVATIVE
SECOND MEANS TO BEAR WITH OTHERS
CONCLUSION
THE PRACTICE OF FRATERNAL CHARITY (FATHER FABER)