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THE PRIEST NOT HIS OWN
IS
By Fulton The a
Priest Is
Not
Sheen
}.
Own
Ills
is
far
more than
for priests, or for those considering
book
the priesthood as a vocation. In these pene-
deeply pondered discussions of the priesthood. Bishop Fulton j. Sheen has protrating,
duced will
a
work
perhaps
book that hundreds of
of lasting value, a
many
change
and certainly a book that will also interest readers who have no direct conlives,
cern with the priesthood as a calling.
volume came while Bishop Sheen was writing his famed Life of Christ, and it was out of those “dark days,” Inspiration for this
as
he describes them, that the thoughts of
priesthood, illumined by the
the Savior, were
first
ision of Christ
formulated.
work was based on the
Just as the earlier
thesis that Christ offered
but Himself, so
\
this
in
Sheen envisages the
no other
new
priest as a
sacrifice
book. Bishop
man
sacrific-
ing himself in the prolongation of Christ’s Incarnation.
Bishop Sheen writes of
how
all
priests
Old Testament offered victims distinct from themsehes, such as lambs. But in Christ and the Christian conception, priest and victim are united in-
whether pagan or
in the
separably.
profound knowledge of Scripture, Bishop Sheen is able to describe the exact and true significance of the indi-
Drawing on
his
vidual priest, and in vibrant detail, his constant,
unending
He
writes,
priests:
1
sacrifice
“God
have
set
—
still
as victim.
thunders
to
his
watchmen, Jerusalem, (continued on back flap)
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The
Priest Is
Not His
Own
Books by Bishop Sheen God and
Seven Words of Jesus and Mary
God
Religion without
The
Love One Another
Intelligence
Life of All Living
Characters of the Passion
The Divine Romance
New
Old Errors and
Preface to Religion
Labels
Son of Mary
Jesus,
Communism and
Moods and Truths
West
of the
The
Way
the Conscience
of the Cross
The Seven Last Words
Philosophy of Religion
Peace of Soul
Hymn
Conquered
of the
Up Your
Lift
The
Three Mystical
Body
of Christ
Calvary and the Mass
The Moral Universe The Cross and
the Beatitudes
The Cross and
the Crisis
and Fraternity
Liberty, Equality
The Rainbow
to
Get Married
of Science
The Philosophy
The
Heart
Eternal Gahlean
Sorrow
of
The World’s
First
Love
Life
Is
Worth
Living, First Series
Life
Is
Worth
Living, Second Series
Thinking Life Through, Third Series Is
Worth
Living, Fourth Series
Life Is
Worth
Living, Fifth Series
Life
Life of Christ
Victory over Vice
Way
to
Happiness
Whence Come Wars
Way
to
Inner Peace
The Seven
God Love You
Virtues
For God and Country of Christmas
The True Meaning
The Declaration
of
Dependence
The Divine Verdict
God
of
Philosophies at
Seven
Is
Rome
(with Morton and Karsh)
Peace
Seven Words
for Daily Living
This Is the Mass (with Daniel-Rops and Karsh) This
God and War
The Armor
Thoughts
War
to the Cross
Pillars of
Peace
This Is the Holy Land (with Morton and Karsh)
These are the Sacraments (with Karsh)
Go
to
The
Heaven
Priest Is
Not His
Own
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THE PRIEST
IS
NOT
HIS
OWN
1963 by Fulton J. Sheen. All Rights Reserved. parts Printed in the United States of America. This part or written thereof may not be reproduced in any form without
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-15896 First Edition
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NIHIL OBSTAT Austin B. Vaughan, S.T.D., Censor Librorum
IMPRIMATUR Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of
New
York:
April 11, 1963
New
\ork.
Mary
To
WHO MOTHERED CHRIST
BOTH PRIEST AND VICTIM
AND WHO MOTHERS ALL PRIESTS
BOTH OFFERERS AND OFFERED
WITH HER DIVINE SON This Book
Is
Dedicated
THAT SHE MAY, THROUGH THESE PAGES WHISPER TO US AS AT CANA
“whatsoever he SHALL SAY TO YOU, DO YE“