Do you have a vintage Catholic encyclopedia set? What’s the strangest or most fascinating page you’ve found?
"…the shift from the presbyteral prayer of reconciliation over the lapsed during the third century to the later scholastic insistence on the words 'I absolve you' as the essential form points not to a change in grace, but to a development in the understanding of judicial and medicinal metaphors." new catholic encyclopedia -1967- volume 14 page 299
For those keeping score at home, Volume 14 covers the tail end of the alphabet. By the time you hit page 299, you have long since passed “Pope Pius XII” and are navigating the final theological frontiers before the index. Do you have a vintage Catholic encyclopedia set
In the standard edition, page 299 features the conclusion of the entry for . While page numbers can shift slightly between printings, the entry on Vocation is one of the theological heavyweights of this volume. By the time you hit page 299, you