Author: Rovenius, Philippum.
Title: Reipublicae christianae libri duo ; tractantes de variis Hominum statibus, gradibus, officiis & functionibus in Ecclesia Christi : & quae in singulis amplectanda, qu[a]e fugienda sint : accessit ejusdem autoris Tractatis de missionibus instituendis.
Description: Antwerpiae : apud Arnoldum à Brakel, 1668 [=i.e. 1648]]. Contemp. overlapping vellum. [48] + 587 + [62= i.e. 52] pp. 4to. Latin text. Title-page printed in red & black with vignette. Spine soiled, covers sl. soiled. Library stamp on first free endpaper. Ex-bibliotheca Hageveld. Very good copy. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - First and only edition, published in 1648 (insted of 1668 as printed on the title-page) of the most important work of Philippus Rovenius (1574-1651), catholic priest and archbishop of Philippi (1620). He played an important role in the propagation of Roman Catholic faith in the 17th century Dutch protestant Republic. The Reipublicae hristianae is considered to be his most important work, in which he develops a theory on the social position of men or a doctrine of religious and social duties establishing a complete christian moral. The first book deals with rules for all kinds of religious persons (priests, monks, clerics, etc.) and the second book concerns the rules for layman. The last part of this book (52 pages) is a third edition of Rovenius' treatise Tractatus de missionibus which was first published in 1625. Ref.: NNBW VII col.285, Visser's Rovenius und seine Werke, etc.],

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