1616 antique THEOLOGY PLANTIN PRESS Eternal Happiness of Saints by R. Bellarmine

De Aeterna Felicitate Sanctorum Libri Quinque.

by Robert Bellarmine

Officina Plantiniana, Antwerp, 1616

331 pp.

One of his lesser-known Robert Bellarmine's theological treatises was On the Eternal Happiness of the Saints a book containing descriptions of the expectations and duties of saints. The majority of the contains notes on the existence of and descriptions of heaven, how to get to heaven, finding joy on earth, so much more


Size 4 1/4 by 6 1/2"

Later quarter leather over marbled boards.

Partial loss to title page, replaced in manuscript. 

Some soiling, foxing


Text in Latin
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Robert Bellarmine, SJ (Italian: Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 1542 – 1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.
He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 37.
He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation.

Bellarmine was a professor of theology and later rector of the Roman College, and in 1602 became Archbishop of Capua.
He supported the reform decrees of the Council of Trent.
He is also widely remembered for his role in the Giordano Bruno affair, the Galileo affair, and the trial of Friar Fulgenzio Manfredi.
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