It was the Jesuit Doctor of the Church Saint Peter Canisius who replaced the Sentences of Peter Lombard with the Summa of Saint Thomas Aquinas as the preferred Theology book in the Catholic universities he was appointed to revitalize in the Counter-Reformation. It was also said of him that he knew the entire Bible by heart.
CNA reports: To spread the Gospel, a believer needs a personal relationship with Jesus, an upright moral life, and a good prayer life, Pope Benedict XVI said Feb. 9. Speaking to some 5,000 people gathered in Paul VI Hall for his weekly general audience, the Pope continued his series on the “doctors of the Church,” those saints whose teachings are held by the Church to be especially important for Catholics. He spoke on 16th-century saint and doctor, St. Peter Canisius. He was remembered in particular by the Pope for the task entrusted to him of “revitalizing” Germany after the Protestant Reformation. Read more here.
