{"product_id":"introduction-to-the-devout-life-by-st-francis-de-sales","title":"Introduction to the Devout Life - by St. Francis de Sales","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten for the layman surrounded by worldliness, this is a masterpiece of mystical and devotional literature, by a great and much loved Doctor of the Church. This book does what many similar books fail to do, teach the reader to grow in holiness, step by simple step.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince its first publication in 1609 this book has never gone out of print. It has always occupied a privileged position in the Church: no guide ever written provides so complete, so balanced and so practical an approach to the spiritual life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Francis de Sales was a master psychologist, with a special gift for teaching practical morality. His writings are characterized by sublime common sense. Even non-Christians have admired his prose. Above all, he is a spiritual genius, and thus was made a Doctor of the Church. This book is truly medicine for the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Devout Life by Saint Francis De Sales, edited and translated by Allan Ross. This edition has been re-typeset using the text of the 1943 edition originally published by Burns Oates and Washbourne, London, under the imprimatur of Edm. Canon Surmont, Vicar General, Westminster, 20th November 1924.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 9780343434120\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Saint Francis De Sales\u003cbr\u003eBinding Leather Hardback\u003cbr\u003eNo. of Pages 332\u003cbr\u003eSize 5½'' x 8⅓''\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baronius Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68197741330676,"sku":"3005","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/2080\/9460\/files\/3005-introduction-to-the-devout-life.jpg?v=1794586209","url":"https:\/\/stanthonyshop.com\/products\/introduction-to-the-devout-life-by-st-francis-de-sales","provider":"St. Anthony's Catholic Gift Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}