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The Stations of the Cross — Herbert Thurston

The Stations of the Cross

Herbert Thurston

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 161 pages

The Stations of the Cross is a collection of historical essays by Herbert Thurston on the origin, development, and devotional purpose of this Lenten practice. It examines how the stations were understood and prayed over time, including artistic and legendary traditions. Listeners interested in Catholic history and Lenten reflection will find it informative and accessible.

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The Stations of the Cross

By the same Author

LENT & HOLY WEEK: Chapters on Catholic Observance

and Ritual. With 3 Plates and 14 Illustrations in the text. Crown

8vo, 6s. net.

Station 4: Jesus carrying the

Cross and meeting His mother.

VERONICA

The Fourth of the set of Seven

Stations carved by Adam Krafft at

Nuremberg (c. 1490-1505). It

will be noticed that the Carving

is set in the wall of a house. See

p. 63. The inscription runs: “Hier

hat Cristus sein heiligs angesicht

der heiligen Frau Veronica auf

iren Slayr gedruckt vor irem

Haus Vc (500) Sritt von Pilatus

Haws.—Here has Christ left the

impress of His holy Face for the

holy woman Veronica upon her

veil in front of her house, 500

paces from Pilate’s House.”

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
An Account of their History and Devotional Purpose
By
HERBERT THURSTON, S.J.
BURNS & OATES
28 Orchard Street, London, W.
Reprinted 1914

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Contents

  1. The Stations of the Cross
  2. The Preface
  3. The Contents
  4. The List of Illustrations
  5. Chapter I—The Veneration of the Holy Places
  6. Chapter II—The Beginnings of the Via Crucis
  7. Chapter III—The Earliest Stations and their Sequence
  8. Chapter IV—The “Seven Falls”
  9. Chapter V—The Spiritual Pilgrimage of Jan Pascha
  10. Chapter VI—The “Via Dolorosa” at Jerusalem from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day
  11. Chapter VII—The Devotional Aspect of the Stations
  12. Chapter VIII—The Stations in Modern Times
  13. Appendix A—Heer Bethlem’s “Overwegingen”
  14. Appendix B.—TABLE of INDULGENCES
  15. Appendix C—Relative Antiquity of the Various Stations
  16. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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