"THE ART-LIFE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH"

Later edition of the Finnish professor's classic work on the Theology of Art. First translated into English in 1912, Hirn's book consists of a short Introductory and a text divided into two main parts. The first section concerns the Liturgy and the Church: Catholic Art, The Altar, The Relics, The Reliquary, The Mass, The Holy of Holies, The Host, The Monstrance, The Tabernacle. The second half focuses on Mariology: The Dogma of Mary, The Gospel of Mary, Mary's Conception-Saint Anna. The Childhood of Mary, The Annunciation, The Incarnation, The Visitation, The Virginal Birth. The Holy Manger, The Sorrowing Mother, Mary's Death and Assumption, The Symbols of the Virgin, The Sacred Shrine. Supplemented with Notes, an Index of Authorities Quoted, and an Index of Subjects. Originally published in Swedish in 1909.