SIX BOOKS ON THE PRIESTHOOD

St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, Crestwood, NY, 1977, 1st pr thus.  ISBN 0-913836-38-9.  Trade soft cover, 160 pages.  Wraps have light edge and cover wear, vertical crease on rear wrap, binding sound.  Prior owner’s name and date inked on half-title page, stamp from the library of prior owner and accession no. stamped on title page with number and same from the library stamp on verso of rear wrap.  Remainder of interior clean and unmarked.  ‘Its stylistic brilliance demonstrates the appropriateness of St. John’s enduring title, “the golden-mouthed.”  Yet the rhetorical eloquence of the work is not simply camouflage for lack of substance. …  This unique gift for linking concrete observation and theological vision is nowhere more in evidence than in these six books On the Priesthood.  Its presence helps to account for the work’s power to inspire and to challenge Christians of all ages.’ (from rear wrap)