Carta Pastoral que el ilustrísimo Señor don Fray Joseph Antonio de San Alberto, Arzobispo de la Plata, dirige a todos los que en el pasado Concurso han sido nombrados, y elegidos para Curas

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Author: José Antonio De S an Alberto (1727-1804) Year: 1791 Publisher: Real Imprenta de los Niños Expositos Place: Buenos Aires Description: [4]+676 pages with errata f after title, signature 4H duplicated. Small quarto (8 x 5 3/4") bound in later limp vellum with lettering to spine. (Furlong II, 367; Gutierrez 54; Medina 130; Palau 289494;Sabin 75976) First edition. San Alberto entered the Discalced Carmelites of Aragon at an early age, taught for many years in Huesca and Calatayud, and filled a number of administrative positions in the order. Made bishop of Córdoba in Tucumán, he took charge of his diocese in 1778; in 1786 he was in charge of the Archdiocese of La Plata (now Sucre, in Bolivia). His letters, printed in Colección de instrucciones pastorales (Madrid 1786), indicate his pastoral knowledge. The letter written to the pastors of Córdoba in 1778 began with an explanation of the biblical and historical ecclesiastical origins of the parish ministry, emphasizing its dignity and its duties. He warned the faithful against mere ritualism and urged them toward inner sanctity. Another pastoral referred to the orphanages founded in Córdoba, insisting upon catechetical instruction in them. In a pastoral to the pastors of La Plata, he preached their obligation to reside in their parishes and warned them against avarice. San Alberto also played a role in bringing about the enlightened reform of the curriculum in the University of Córdoba. The best known of his works is the Cat

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