The Mother of Christ - Or the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholic Tradition, Theology, and Devotion #227677

I Welcome the work which Father Vassall-Phillips has written at the invitation of his religious superiors. His already long career as a member of one of the best known and most zealous of the many religious Institutes which give themselves to the preaching of missions has fitted him to write of the teaching of the Catholic Church with a power and directness that only a long experience can give. He is at home in all the points of controversy that have to be met in this country, which has to so large an extent forgotten the need of doctrinal unity in religious matters. His work as a military chaplain during the recent war, by leading him to Eastern fields of action, has extended his knowledge and grasp of the Oriental traditions of Christianity. He comes, therefore, to his task exceptionally prepared, and with an equipment specially adapted to the work that he has chosen.