{"product_id":"goffines-devout-instructions-on-the-epistles-and-gospels-for-the-sundays-and-holydays","title":"Goffine's Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays","description":"\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Benziger Brothers (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago) — officially designated \"Printers to the Holy Apostolic See.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Father Leonard Goffiné (1648–1719), translated\/updated for the American market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCopyright Date:\u003c\/b\u003e April 29, 1896 (with a neat, handwritten family ownership inscription on the front flyleaf dated \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"113\"\u003eMarch 11th, 1902\u003c\/b\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Thick, heavy octavo hardcover in deep brick-red cloth, heavily blind-stamped with black Victorian geometric borders and featuring bright gilt spine lettering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eAbout the Content \u0026amp; Authority\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eOriginally written in German in the late 17th century, Father Goffiné’s \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"72\"\u003eHandpostille\u003c\/i\u003e (Devout Instructions) was arguably the most popular home devotional in the Catholic world for over two centuries. It was designed as a \"one-stop\" resource for families to sanctify their homes, especially if they lived far from a parish church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eThis specific 1896 edition by Benziger Brothers was a major, highly celebrated release for English-speaking Catholics in America. It includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Epistles and Gospels:\u003c\/b\u003e Verse-by-verse, highly practical moral explanations for every Sunday and feast day of the liturgical calendar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eEcclesiastical Endorsements:\u003c\/b\u003e The book is packed with official \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"62\"\u003e\"Approbations\"\u003c\/b\u003e (formal statements of praise and recommendation) from the era's highest American and British Catholic authorities, led by \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"199\"\u003eJames Cardinal Gibbons\u003c\/b\u003e, the famous Archbishop of Baltimore, alongside the Archbishops of Cincinnati, New York, and New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Nihil Obstat \u0026amp; Imprimatur:\u003c\/b\u003e Signed by Michael Augustine, Archbishop of New York, confirming the text contains zero doctrinal errors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47693955858595,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/6831\/6835\/files\/20260522_184629.jpg?v=1779490178","url":"https:\/\/kicksmixbooks.store\/products\/goffines-devout-instructions-on-the-epistles-and-gospels-for-the-sundays-and-holydays","provider":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}