Christian Patience: The Strength and Discipline of the Soul: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Christian Patience: The Strength and Discipline of the Soul, credited to William Bernard Ullathorne, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of CHRISTIAN PATIENCE: THE STRENGTH AND DISCIPLINE OF THE SOUL, by WILLIAM BERNARD ULLATHORNE. Read by Dave7. William Bernard Ullathorne was a Benedictine monk and Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Australia from 1833 until 1840 and then returned to his native England, where he was ordained a bishop in 1847 and served as Bishop of Birmingham from 1850 until 1888. He is best known for his catechetical trilogy: The Endowments of Man, The Groundwork of the Christian Virtues, and Christian Patience, published in the 1880s. Christian Patience is presented in twelve lectures. Bishop Ullathorne teaches that Christian patience is both a special virtue and a universal virtue. As a special virtue, it is opposed to two opposite vices: a vice of excess, and a vice of defect. Patience is the virtuous mean between the excess vice of obstinacy and the defect vice of impatience. As a universal virtue, patience in found in all the Christian virtues, as it strengthens and perfects them. (Introduction by dave7)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Christian Patience: The Strength and Discipline of the Soul
• Author credits: William Bernard Ullathorne
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 36
• Listed recording duration: 13:32:04

Catalogue topics

• Catholic
• religion
• virtue

Opening tracks: first 24 of 36

1. 01 - Preface; I, The Work of Patience in the Soul, Part 1 — 19:30
2. 02 - I, The Work of Patience in the Soul, Part 2 — 22:58
3. 03 - I, The Work of Patience in the Soul, Part 3 — 15:38
4. 04 - II, On the Nature and Object of Christian Patience, Part 1 — 22:59
5. 05 - II, On the Nature and Object of Christian Patience, Part 2 — 23:43
6. 06 - II, On the Nature and Object of Christian Patience, Part 3 — 26:41
7. 07 - III, On Patience as a Universal Virtue, Part 1 — 18:23
8. 08 - III, On Patience as a Universal Virtue, Part 2 — 21:39
9. 09 - III, On Patience as a Universal Virtue, Part 3 — 20:01
10. 10 - IV, On Christian Fortitude, Part 1 — 18:31
11. 11 - IV, On Christian Fortitude, Part 2 — 21:59
12. 12 - IV, On Christian Fortitude, Part 3 — 22:41
13. 13 - V, On the Patience of the Son of God, Part 1 — 16:35
14. 14 - V, On the Patience of the Son of God, Part 2 — 24:35
15. 15 - V, On the Patience of the Son of God, Part 3 — 18:23
16. 16 - VI, On Patience as the Discipline of the Soul, Part 1 — 25:50
17. 17 - VI, On Patience as the Discipline of the Soul, Part 2 — 24:20
18. 18 - VI, On Patience as the Discipline of the Soul, Part 3 — 15:41
19. 19 - VII, On Patience as the Perfecter of Our Daily Duties, Part 1 — 17:15
20. 20 - VII, On Patience as the Perfecter of Our Daily Duties, Part 2 — 18:44
21. 21 - VII, On Patience as the Perfecter of Our Daily Duties, Part 3 — 26:47
22. 22 - VIII, Encouragements to Patience, Part 1 — 17:54
23. 23 - VIII, Encouragements to Patience, Part 2 — 23:46
24. 24 - VIII, Encouragements to Patience, Part 3 — 20:15

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