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SUMMARY:Saint Robert Bellarmine
DESCRIPTION:Image: Detail | Stained glass window in Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church\, Dayton\, Ohio | photo by Nheyob\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Robert Bellarmine\nSaint of the Day for September 17\n(October 4\, 1542 – September 17\, 1621)\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nSaint Robert Bellarmine’s Story\nWhen Robert Bellarmine was ordained in 1570\, the study of Church history and the fathers of the Church was in a sad state of neglect. A promising scholar from his youth in Tuscany\, he devoted his energy to these two subjects\, as well as to Scripture\, in order to systematize Church doctrine against the attacks of the Protestant Reformers. He was the first Jesuit to become a professor at Louvain. \nHis most famous work is his three-volume Disputations on the Controversies of the Christian Faith. Particularly noteworthy are the sections on the temporal power of the pope and the role of the laity. He incurred the anger of monarchists in England and France by showing the divine-right-of-kings theory untenable. He developed the theory of the indirect power of the pope in temporal affairs; although he was defending the pope against the Scottish philosopher Barclay\, he also incurred the ire of Pope Sixtus V. \nBellarmine was made a cardinal by Pope Clement VIII on the grounds that “he had not his equal for learning.” While he occupied apartments in the Vatican\, Bellarmine relaxed none of his former austerities. He limited his household expenses to what was barely essential\, eating only the food available to the poor. He was known to have ransomed a soldier who had deserted from the army and he used the hangings of his rooms to clothe poor people\, remarking\, “The walls won’t catch cold.” \nAmong many activities\, he became theologian to Pope Clement VIII\, preparing two catechisms which have had great influence in the Church. \nThe last major controversy of Bellarmine’s life came in 1616 when he had to admonish his friend Galileo\, whom he admired. Bellarmine delivered the admonition on behalf of the Holy Office\, which had decided that the heliocentric theory of Copernicus was contrary to Scripture. The admonition amounted to a caution against putting forward—other than as a hypothesis—theories not yet fully proven. This shows that saints are not infallible. \nBellarmine died on September 17\, 1621. The process for his canonization was begun in 1627 but was delayed until 1930 for political reasons\, stemming from his writings. In 1930\, Pope Pius XI canonized him and the next year declared him a doctor of the Church. \n\nReflection\nThe renewal in the Church sought by Vatican II was difficult for many Catholics. In the course of change\, many felt a lack of firm guidance from those in authority. They yearned for the stone columns of orthodoxy and an iron command with clearly defined lines of authority. Vatican II assures us in The Church in the Modern World\, “There are many realities which do not change and which have their ultimate foundation in Christ\, who is the same yesterday and today\, yes\, and forever” (#10\, quoting Hebrews 13:8). \nRobert Bellarmine devoted his life to the study of Scripture and Catholic doctrine. His writings help us understand that the real source of our faith is not merely a set of doctrines\, but rather the person of Jesus still living in the Church today. \n\nSaint Robert Bellarmine is the Patron Saint of:\nCatechists\nCatechumens
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