Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Abbreviations
First Part - Selected Thoughts
Chapter 1. Gregory in the Pastoral Rule
Chapter 2. Excerpts from the Letters of Blessed Gregory
Chapter 3. Selections from Saint Bernard from De Consideratione to Pope Eugenius III
Chapter 4. Excerpts from Saint Augustine, John Chrysostom, and Other Fathers
The Second Part
Chapter 1. Concerns That Are Worthy or Unworthy of a Bishop
Chapter 2. The Gravity, Charm, and Kindness Proper to a Pastor
Chapter 3. Mercy and Liberality
Chapter 4. The Care That a Bishop Must Take in Prayer,Contemplation, and in Offering the Sacrifice of the Mass
Chapter 5. Purity of Intention, Constancy, and Firmness as Seen in Conciliar Decrees
Chapter 6. Humility and Modesty of Prelates According to Their Persons and Estate
Chapter 7. Preaching, the Chief Office of a Bishop
Chapter 8. The Patience and Constancy That a Pastor Must Show amid Adversities and Persecutions
Chapter 9. Zeal for Justice, Courage, and Magnanimity Against Sins
Chapter 10. Against the Pusillanimity, the Scrupulosity, the Vanity, and the Sadness That Often Afflicts Some Pious Pastors
Chapter 11. Prudence and Discretion of the Pastor in His Words and Actions
Chapter 12. The Bishop’s Table
Appendix. A Example of the Influence of the Stimulus Pastorum | De Officio et Moribus Episcopi
Chapter 1. On the Prudence of Bishops
Chapter 2. Against Faintheartedness and Scrupulosity
Chapter 3. On the Correction of Sinners
Chapter 4. On the Patience of Bishops
Chapter 5. On the Preaching of Bishops
Chapter 6. On the Temperance of Bishops in Matters of Food, Clothing, and Other Similar Things
Chapter 7. On the Steadfastness a Bishop Should Have in Good Intentions
Chapter 8. The Care a Prelate Should Take in Prayer and Contemplation
Chapter 9. On the Mercy That a Bishop Should Display
Chapter 10. The Gravity and Charm That Are Proper to a Bishop
Chapter 11. Occupations Worthy of a Bishop
Index of Scripture
Index of Themes