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Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: Prophet of the Reign of Mary
In the year after the death of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira on October 3, 1995, Roberto de Mattei wrote a biography of the Brazilian Catholic leader, to which he appropriately gave the title The Crusader of the 20th Century. As a biographical work, it was followed in 2010 by a specifically historical work, destined to extend Prof. de Mattei's influence throughout the Catholic world as a prominent Catholic historian, and to provide historical perspective for the life of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. That second work, relating to the history of the Church in our time, was The Second Vatican Council: An Unwritten Story, an account of the Council that included references to the role of Prof. Corrêa de Oliveira, who had worked during the first session of the Council assisting the bishops who formed the International Group of Fathers, the Coetus Internationalis Patrum. The present work represents the third in this series of books in which the author has described the influence and role of the man addressed by friends and collaborators as Dr. Plinio. It is therefore part of a trilogy of exhaustive research, bringing to light the crisis that the Church has confronted in modern times by emphasizing the historical roles of important figures who have led her defense. Prominent among them was the subject of the present work. Beginning in Part I with an analysis of "The Philosophical School," Prof. De Mattei shows Dr. Plinio not only as a faithful disciple of St. Thomas Aquinas, but also as one who uniquely applied St. Thomas's principles to the crisis confronting the Church in our time. Those principles are rooted in a realism that opposes the modern ideologies, in the hierarchical order of creation that constitutes its sacrality, and which is therefore the opposite of the egalitarian anti-metaphysics characterizing the Revolution against Christian Civilization. Part II of this study analyzes the spirituality that is the foundation of Dr. Corrêa de Oliveira's life and work.
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334 pages, Hardcover
First published May 24, 2011
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Roberto de Mattei
58 books33 followersRoberto de Mattei (born 21 February 1948 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian Roman Catholic historian and author.
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December 20, 2019
For the lay person this an intense read but it will leave you thinking and meditating after each page.
At first I thought this would be just like Professor Roberto’s first book on Dr. Plinio dealt more with the chronology of his life. Instead this book gives a slice of Dr. Plinio’s vision of Our Lady’s victory as foreseen by St. Louis de Montfort.
At first I thought this would be just like Professor Roberto’s first book on Dr. Plinio dealt more with the chronology of his life. Instead this book gives a slice of Dr. Plinio’s vision of Our Lady’s victory as foreseen by St. Louis de Montfort.
January 7, 2021
This is a wonderful book. I am usually reticent to buy summary works of other thinkers, but as this is published by Preserving Christian Publications, and they have never steered me wrong before, I took a chance on this. It was a good bet (though since this English translation was published in 2019, they are not exactly "preserving" here....but enough with the nitpicking)
The problem I generally have with summary works is that the author has to have something interesting to say about the other thinker he is writing on. This requires something of the author which most mere anthologists lack. Luckily, Robert De Mattei is worthy of his subject who was a friend and mentor to De Mattei. Though De Mattei gives a good overview of Plinio's life and thoughts, he is unafraid to extend his analysis into the events of the present day. Though the books is on a whole dedicated to Plinio's work, the book itself is assuredly De Mattei's. Though the thoughts of De Mattei and Plinio sometimes get a bit mixed, this is a credit to the incisiveness of the author (and anyway, the footnotes guide the reader towards Plinio's original works).
The end effect was ideal: After reading this book I understood Plinio's thought, and I wanted to learn more about his works. This is a great book. It is both politically informative and spiritually edifying. Every Catholic should read it.
The problem I generally have with summary works is that the author has to have something interesting to say about the other thinker he is writing on. This requires something of the author which most mere anthologists lack. Luckily, Robert De Mattei is worthy of his subject who was a friend and mentor to De Mattei. Though De Mattei gives a good overview of Plinio's life and thoughts, he is unafraid to extend his analysis into the events of the present day. Though the books is on a whole dedicated to Plinio's work, the book itself is assuredly De Mattei's. Though the thoughts of De Mattei and Plinio sometimes get a bit mixed, this is a credit to the incisiveness of the author (and anyway, the footnotes guide the reader towards Plinio's original works).
The end effect was ideal: After reading this book I understood Plinio's thought, and I wanted to learn more about his works. This is a great book. It is both politically informative and spiritually edifying. Every Catholic should read it.
May 25, 2020
A very good overview of Prof. Plinio Correa de Oliveira's life. De Mattei also shows how Prof. Plinio was continuation of a line of Counter-Revolutionary persons and how Prof. Plinio adds substantially to counter-revolutionary thought with his book Revolution & Counter-Revolution.
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