Arthur Lenti – “Don Bosco’s political and religious concerns during the liberal revolution” in “Journal of Salesian studies”

Fr. Arthur Lenti, in a second article, invites us to enter the political and ecclesiastical world of Don Bosco through his letters never published before in English. The letters add insight to the always intriguing question of Don Bosco’s involvement in the naming of bishops.

Don Bosco’s ecclesiology in disturbing times, his theology, and his allegiance to the Pope are all points of interest in this article.

Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. Letter to Pope Pius IX, June 14, 1858
• 2. Letter to Pope Pius IX. February 1859
• 3. Letter to Pius IX, November 9, 1859
• 4. Letter to Pope Pius IX, April 13, 1860
• 5. Letter to Pius IX, March 10, 1861
• 6. Letter to Archbishop Gioacchino Limberti of Florence, June 18, 1861
• 7. Letter to Pius IX, December 27, 1861
• 8. Letter to Archbishop Gioacchino Limberti of Florence, March 25, 1862
• 9. Letter to Pius IX, March 10, 1863
• 10. Letter to Pius IX August 25, 1864
• 11. Letter to Pius IX, April 30, 1865
• 12. Letter to Pius IX, January 25, 1866
• 13. Letter to Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli, April 5, 1867
• 14. Letter to Monsignor Joseph Fessler, Secretary of Vatican Council I, November 22, 1869
• 15. To the Capitular Vicar of Cremona, Luigi Tosi, November 26, 1869
• 15. Letter to Cardinal Giuseppe Berardi, October 29, 1870
• 16. To Cardinal Giuseppe Berardi, April 11, 1871
• 17. To Pius IX, April 14, 1871

Reference time period: 1858 – 1871

Reference institution:
Institute of Salesian Studies