The art of dying : a new annotated translation / translated with introduction and notes by Br. Columba Thomas, OP, MD ; with foreword by Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, SV.

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"The medicalization of dying and the disregard for the life of the soul within contemporary health care prompt the return of the Ars Moriendi, or The Art of Dying. This widely influential fifteenth-century text was designed to guide dying persons and their loved ones in Catholic religious practices...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Ars moriendi. English (Thomas)
Other Authors: Thomas, Columba, O.P (Translator)
Donovan, Agnes Mary (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Latin
Language and/or Writing System:
Translated from the Latin.
Published: Philadelphia, PA : The National Catholic Bioethics Center, [2021]
Subjects:
Ars moriendi.
Death > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > Early works to 1800.
Eschatology > Early works to 1800.
Death.
Death > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Eschatology.
Early works.
Illustrated works.
Genre:
Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:xi, 143 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Art of dying : a new annotated translation / Brother Columba Thomas, OP, MD ; with foreword by Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, SV [Cover title]
Ars moriendi
Format: Book

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