Saints That Moved the World

From among the twenty-five thousand saints recognized by the Church, five have been chose for inclusion in this book. They are the five whom renunciation, intellect, love, will and ecstasy enabled to pursue their imitation of Christ and to serve as guides on the way to human perfection. Contents: St. Anthony, Saint of Renunciation; St. Augustine, Saint of the Intellect; St. Francis, Saint of Love; St. Ignatius, Saint of Will Power; St. Theresa, Saint of Ecstasy; bibliography.  New Paperback Edition now available - same as original classic but in paperback format.  When reading this book, which was out of print for many years, you get the feeling that the author was there and knew the thoughts of these five Saints intimately. I continue to reread this book every year and it is just exciting today as it was the first time I read it. Of all the books about saints, this was the favorite of Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, the great Indian sage who came to this country in 1920 to spread the te