
The Office and Authority of the Local Prior in the Order of Saint Augustine
$75.01
- Hardcover
200 pages
- Release Date
9 October 2025
Summary
As a young priest, Robert Prevost was sent in 1981 to Rome to study church law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas (known as the Angelicum). There he earned a licentiate and composed a doctoral thesis, which made final in 1987. This is that thesis, the first book-length work composed by the man now known as Pope Leo XIV.
Specifically, his study - drawing from sources in English, Italian, and Spanish and from medieval history and theology as well as canon law - focused on the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780813240626 |
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| ISBN-10: | 081324062X |
| Author: | Robert F. Prevost, Thomas Joseph White |
| Publisher: | The Catholic University of America Press |
| Imprint: | The Catholic University of America Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 436g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
About The Author
Robert F. Prevost
Robert F. Prevost, OSA, is Pope Leo XIV, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.
Thomas Joseph White, OP, is Rector, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum.
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