Connecting with History Shop Our Categories www.rchistory.com ABOUT About Connecting with History Catalog Discount Program Samples FAQ About Us Contact Us Raves & Reviews Register Your Program Copyright Policy SHOP HOMESCHOOL EDITION Year 1 - Ancient History & Old Testament Year 2 - Early Church & Early Medieval Year 3 - High Medieval - Post-Reformation Year 4 - American History STUDENT BOOKS Year 1 - Ancient History & Old Testament Year 2 - Early Church & Early Medieval Year 3 - High Medieval - Post-Reformation Year 4 - American History Core Textbooks ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Literature Guides History Sing-Along CDs Timelines Geography Lap Books In the Footsteps of the Saints series All Books More Subjects CO-OP EDITION Co-op Edition Classroom Guides Co-op Edition Family Lesson Plans ONLINE CLASSES NEW PRODUCTS CLEARANCE CO-OPS How to Get Started Co-op Directory Register Your Co-op or School Co-op Curriculum ONLINE CLASSES IEW & Connecting with History Online SHOP Connecting with History Program Student Books Co-op Material Home > SHOP > STUDENT BOOKS > Year 3 - High Medieval - Post-Reformation > Complete List of High Medieval to Post-Reformation Books > Saint Robert Grammar Level Literature Price: $12.95 Description More Information At age fifteen, Robert Bellarmine, a youth with an eager mind and a gift for words, enrolls in a new school run by the young order of Jesuits who have just arrived in his Italian hilltop town. Inspired by the Jesuits’ life of voluntary poverty and refusal of Church honors, Robert enters the Jesuits in 1560 at the age of eighteen. He soon proves himself an effective preacher and teacher employing both humor and intelligence. In some of his pulpits, however, he is so short he needs to stand on a box to be seen by his listeners. As his teaching and writings become well known in the turbulent disputes between Catholics and Protestants, the Pope begins to rely on him for many important tasks. In the end, being a Jesuit does not protect Robert from receiving Church honors, although he is an unusual cardinal. His care for the poor causes him to be openhanded to the point of giving away his own mattress—twice!This biography for young readers paints a picture of St. Robert Bellarmine—later proclaimed a Doctor of the Church—as a man of intellect and generosity, steadily serving God in humble and exalted positions alike. By Eleanore M. JewettIllustrated by Frederick T. Chapman Share your knowledge of this product. Be the first to write a review »