5.41 St. Francis de Sales: Doctor of Analogies

By Dr. James Papandrea ( bio - articles - email ) | Aug 26, 2026 | In Way of the Fathers (Podcast)

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St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) has been called a spiritual director by correspondence, for his many letters, and for the fact that he was a pioneer of Catholic publishing, spreading his pamphlets across Switzerland, writing for the spiritual growth of the laity.

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AUDIOBOOK—An Introduction to the Devout Life —https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-francis-de-sales-introduction-to-devout-life-full/?repos=6&subrepos=0&searchid=2667242

Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on St. Francis de Sales: Rerum Omnium Perturbationem (1923)—https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=4950&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=2667245

Article on the teaching of St. Francis de Sales on predestination—https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/most/getchap.cfm?worknum=214&chapnum=22&id=2078&repos=7&subrepos=0&searchid=2667248

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