Commonitory for the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Studies truly bestow upon humanity the

truly bestow upon humanity the gift of His Real Presence under the form of bread and wine

" -ELEANOR BOURG NICHOLSON

Ave Maria University and Author of The Music of Christendom: A History

All worship is

Commonitory for the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Studies truly bestow upon humanity theAlthough the Commonitorium is among the most famous and influential of fifth century Latin Patristic works, relatively little is known about its author, Vincent (the pilgrim, as he calls himself), a late vocation monk of Lrins Abbey on the Isle of Saint Honorat off the coast of France. Yet the voice that speaks to us from these pages is rich in personality, deftly trained in logic, rhetoric, theology, and history. His thesis is clear, his argument