Lives of the Saints St. Vincent Ferrer – Angel of the Apocalypse Sain int t Vince ncent nt Ferrer, rrer, ora por nobis bis. July 27, 2013 Sponsored by the St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation of Texas Donations nations are e gratef atefully ully accepted epted. . NEXT MEETING Aug 17, 2013 - SATURDAY, 9 AM NEW SEMINAR Basic Dogmas of the Catholic Church Basic Text: This Is Our Faith , Cardinal Ripley Supplement: My Catholic Faith
Angel of the Apocalypse And I saw an angel flying… having the eternal gospel to preach (Apoc 14:6) 1375, Barcelona: Preaches repentance in order to end a great famine that had gripped the city for over a year. 1396, Avignon: After battling a severe illness for twelve days, Vincent lies upon his death bed. He is visited by St. Dominic and St. Francis accompanying our Lord, who charges him with a divine mandate. 1412, Salamanca: In the midst of his sermon, he raises a woman from the dead to prove his supernatural mission.
Glory of Christendom – 1300 AD Europe in the High Middle Ages POLITICS: Church a great arbiter, protecting against tyranny RULERS: St. Louis IX of France and St. Ferdinand of Spain MILITARY: Vikings, Hungarians, Tartas, Moors were subdued Damage limited via Peace of God, Truce of God, Chivalry Code SOCIETY: Serfs were gaining freedom, more leisure EDUCATION: Great universities were being founded THEOLOGY: Scholasticism and St. Thomas Aquinas SCIENCE: St. Albert the Great & Roger Bacon ARTS: Dante and Giotto ARCHITECTURE: Great gothic cathedral at Chartres EXPLORATION: Marco Polo had reached China COMMERCE: Trade with the East, Rise of Venice RELIGION: Monasteries dotted the landscape, the great Mendicant Orders were growing (Franciscans, Dominicans)
Collapse & Decadence – 1400 AD The Beginning of the End for Christendom THEOLOGY: Destructive Nominalism of William Ockham ARTS: Onset of the Renaissance and growth of Humanism POLITICS: Rise of nationalism & thirst for absolutism RULERS: Philip IV (The Fair), Pedro the Cruel, Edward Longshanks HERESIES: Jan Hus, John Wycliff, and numerous others WAR: Hundred Years War, Crusades were defeated, Turks overran the Balkans, unrest in nearly every land BLACK PLAGUE: Devastation and death, 33% of the population GRAVE CRISIS IN THE CHURCH: Kings sought to strip her of power, Babylonian Captivity, Great Western Schism
Infancy and Childhood • Miraculous beginnings – Dream of his father, William Ferrer – Pregnancy of his mother, Constancia Miguel – Healing the blind woman in utero – The Christening of Valencia’s son – The drought and procession in Valencia • Prodigious Intelligence – At age 6 he began formal studies – At age 12 he began philosophical studies – At age 14 he began theological studies • Religious and Spiritual Life – Entered the clerical stage at age 7 – Daily Mass – Prayer, Fasting, Alms – Devotion to the Passion – Love for the Blessed Virgin Mary
Entry into Religious Life • Entered the Dominican Convent in Valencia at age 18 – Followed the order’s constitutions with rigor & zeal • Life-long Resolutions – Imitation of St. Dominic : (1) angelic purity, (2) perfect obedience, (3) divine poverty, and (4) preach the Gospel throughout the world – Prayer, study of Scripture, study of Theology • Advancing in Grace and Wisdom – Studies at Lérida, Barcelona, Toulouse, Paris – Teaches philosophy at Lérida – Begins apostolic work in Barcelona – Famed orator in Parish – Teach theology at Valencia • Ordained a priest in 1381 • Receives the doctorate cap in 1388 – Cardinal Pedro de Luna
The Great Papal Crisis Babylonian Captivity: 7 popes, 1309-1377 Celestine V resigns (5 Jul – 13 Dec, 1294) Boniface VIII (1294-1303) Benedict XI (1303-1304) Clement V (1305-1314)- Moves Papacy to Avignon in 1309 Urban V (1352-70), Gregory XI (1370-78) Great Western Schism: Rival Popes, 1378-1417 Election of Urban VI - Rome St. Bridget of Sweden 16 of 22 cardinals gather in Rome in April 1378 Election of Clement VII - Avignon Conclave at Anagni in July 1378, 15 of 16 cardinals St. Catherine of Siena strongly condemns their action St. Catherine Each Pope appoints a full college of Cardinals, of siena excommunicates the other, and takes military action
The Great Western Schism Rome Avigno gnon Urban VI (1378-89) Clement VII (1378-94) Pisa Boniface IX (1389-04) Benedict XIII (1394-23) Alexander V (1409-10) Innocent VII (1404-06) John XXIII* (1410-15) Gregory XII* (1406-15) Resolu lution tion to the Crisi sis (1) Death, (2) Resignation, (3) Ecumenical Council Council of Pisa (1409) Council of Constance (1414-17) Pope Martin V (1417-1431) Avignon is split and lingers in schism until 1429
St. Vincent Ferrer & Avignon • Cardinal Pedro de Luna – Papal Legate to Spain: enlists St. Vincent’s service – Papal Legate to France: brings St. Vincent with him – To Court at Avignon; St. Vincent returns to Spain • Apostolate in Spain – Serves King Juan I de Aragon and Queen Yolanda – Converts Rabbi Solomon ha-Levi baptized Pablo de Santa Maria (Bishop of Burgos) – Helps quell the 1391 Jewish Revolts • Benedict XIII - Avignon – Names St. Vincent his confessor and Apostolic Penitentiary – Offers cardinal hat & bishopric • Divine Mandate (3 Oct 1396) • Vade, adhuc expectabo te (25 Nov 1398) – Benedict XIII released him from service to carry out this divine mission with the power of an apostolic missionary as his legate and his vicar: Legatus Soteri Christi – Every pope / council acknowledges St. Vincent’s authority
Great Moral Depravity Black Plague (1347-51) Tyranny, despotism, absolutist rule Factions & Division all over Europe Papal corruption and schism One Hundred Years War (1337-1453) Growth of Heresy Ottoman Turks advance in the Utter moral depravity among the Balkans (1390s) nobility and general populace
The Apostolate of St. Vincent Ferrer He was the Angel of the Apocalypse (Apoc 14:6-7) Numerous Travels, all across Western Europe Arrival in a Location Daily Routine Preaching Bell of Miracles The Company of St. Vincent 1) Religious, usually including ~ 15 Dominican Priests 2) Dominican Tertiaries 3) Penitents (up to ten thousand) - Disciplinants Works of Charity And he did this for twenty years non- stop, ‘til his death at age 69!
The Journeys of St. Vincent Ferrer
The Supernatural Life of St. Vincent Ferrer His Faith, Hope and Charity His Zeal for Souls His Prophecies His Visions His Reading of Souls His Miracles PASSION & CROSS Blessed Virgin Mary
The Conversion of Souls St. Vincent and the Conversion of the Jews St. Vincent and the Conversion of the Moslems St. Vincent and the Conversion of Heretics St. Vincent and the Call to Penance
Entry into Heaven In manus tuas, Domine, comendo spiritum meum. (Ps 30:6) Final Two Years in Brittany (1417-19) Participation in the Council of Constance (1417) He remains in Vannes, Brittany His Final Days Wednesday of Holy Week (April 5, 1419) His Funeral His Canonization His Veneration
Lives of the Saints St. Vincent Ferrer – Angel of the Apocalypse Sain int t Vince ncent nt Ferrer, rrer, ora por nobis bis. July 27, 2013 Sponsored by the St. Vincent Ferrer Foundation of Texas Donations nations are e gratef atefully ully accepted epted. . NEXT MEETING Aug 17, 2013 - SATURDAY, 9 AM NEW SEMINAR Basic Dogmas of the Catholic Church Basic Text: This Is Our Faith , Cardinal Ripley Supplement: My Catholic Faith
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