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'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, S.J. (1542-1621): Doctor-link ūnus, Doctor-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine '14 & Wayback Machine '15. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

He was an Italian Jesuit & a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation. He was a professor of theology & later rector of the Roman College, & supported the reform decrees of the Council of Trent. He is also widely remembered for his rôle in the Giordano Bruno & Galileo affairs.

Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:

His 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 & the rôle of the laity. He incurred the anger of monarchists in England & 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. Bellarmine was made a cardinal by Pope Clement VIII on the grounds that "he had not his equal in learning."

'Tis also the feast of Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess & Doctor of the Church, O.S.B. (1098-1179): Doctor-link ūna, Doctor-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
Weekday
The First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter fifteen, verses thirty-five thru thirty-seven & forty-two thru forty-five;
Psalm Fifty-six, verses two(c) thru fourteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter eight, verses four thru fifteen;

or, for St. Robert:
The Book of Wisdom, chapter seven, verses seven thru ten, fifteen, & sixteen;
Psalm Nineteen, verse ten;
or, the Gospel according to John, chapter six, verse sixty-three;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter seven, verses twenty-one thru twenty-nine.