Piety and Personality: The Temperaments of the Saints
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By exploring saints such as St. Paul, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Mary Magdalene according to the four traditional temperaments, the author shows how cooperation with divine grace leads each temperament toward perfection in Christ.</p>\n<!-- Conversion Bullets -->\n<ul style=\"margin: 1.5rem 0; padding-left: 1.25rem;\">\n<li>Explores the four classical temperaments through the lives of saints, showing how personality and holiness intersect. </li>\n<li>Uses vivid biographical anecdotes to illustrate strengths and weaknesses oriented toward virtue. </li>\n<li>Offers reflections and practical insights on how readers can cooperate with grace in their own temperament. </li>\n<li>Focuses each chapter on one saint while incorporating related examples for a richer understanding.</li>\n<li>Encourages self‑knowledge as a path to humility and deeper union with Christ. </li>\n</ul>\n<!-- Intended Audience -->\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.4rem; margin-top: 2rem;\">Intended Audience</h3>\n<p>This book is suited for Catholics who seek to grow in self‑understanding and holiness by learning from the saints, for spiritual directors guiding souls toward virtue, and for lay readers who wish to see their personality as a gift in the pursuit of sanctity. </p>\n<!-- Key Themes (moved to bottom) -->\n<div style=\"background: #fafafa; border: 1px solid #E2E2E2; padding: 1.5rem; margin-top: 2rem;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; margin: 0 0 .5rem;\">Key Themes</h3>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 1.25rem;\">\n<li>Temperament as a path to holiness</li>\n<li>Self‑knowledge in light of grace</li>\n<li>Saints exemplifying virtue through personality</li>\n<li>Cooperation with grace toward perfection</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n</section>","show_backorder_message":true,"tags":[],"warranty":"","price":{"without_tax":{"formatted":"$17.97","value":17.97,"currency":"USD"},"tax_label":"Tax","sale_price_without_tax":{"formatted":"$17.97","value":17.97,"currency":"USD"},"non_sale_price_without_tax":{"formatted":"$29.95","value":29.95,"currency":"USD"},"rrp_without_tax":{"formatted":"$29.95","value":29.95,"currency":"USD"},"saved":{"formatted":"$11.98","value":11.98,"currency":"USD"}},"height":"8.50","detail_messages":"","availability":"","page_title":"Piety and Personality: The Temperaments of the Saints | TAN Books","cart_url":"https://tanbooks.com/cart.php","show_backorder_availability_prompt":true,"max_purchase_quantity":0,"show_quantity_on_hand":true,"mpn":null,"upc":"9781505134117","options":[{"id":5506,"type":"Configurable_PickList_Set","display_name":"Format","required":true,"state":"variant_option","partial":"set-rectangle","condition":true,"values":[{"id":10947,"label":"Hardcover","selected":true,"data":"Hardcover"},{"id":11070,"label":"MP3 Audio Download","selected":false,"data":"MP3 Audio Download"},{"id":11085,"label":"eBook","selected":false,"data":"eBook"}]}],"related_products":[{"id":4255,"sku":"TE4988","name":"Piety and Personality: The Temperaments of the Saints (eBook)","url":"https://tanbooks.com/digital/books/piety-and-personality-the-temperaments-of-the-saints-ebook/","availability":"","rating":0,"brand":null,"category":["eBooks","Sales/2025 Holiday Gift Guide/Women's Holiday Gift Guide","Sales/Special Sales/Ebooks & Audiobooks Sale"],"summary":"Are you grappling with traits that feel more flawed than saintly? 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Most helpful to me was seeing how Our Lord filled in where the saints were lacking, in order to bring them to perfection. It was a great consolation to me to read examples of each temperament reaching sainthood-it gives me hope that, in cooperation with God’s grace, I can get there too. ","date":"May 26th 2025"},{"name":"April S","rating":"5","title":"Piety and Personality","text":"I’ve been curious about the four temperaments for a while now. I knew very little about them going into this book and by the end I had learned so much. \r\n\r\nI really appreciated how Berry elaborated on the definition of each temperament: melancholic, choleric, phlegmatic, and sanguine. 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In this regard, I commend the author for her detailed and well researched examples - the saints are the best examples of natural inclinations used for the service of God while overcoming a corresponding weakness, as by the grace of God they increase in virtue. Due to the subjective nature of personal observation, and their own temperament, the reader may not always agree with the conclusions of the author in various particulars, but I highly recommend the book to any person looking to live a sincere live of humility and charity. Read it and know the saints better...read it and know yourself better! ","date":"Apr 12th 2025"},{"name":"Cynthia B.","rating":"5","title":"This Temperament Geek Loves This Book","text":"Even as a temperament geek, I was very happy to find out that I have the same temperament as Teresa of Avila. How cool is that? 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Piety and Personality: The Temperaments of the Saints
Piety and Personality: The Temperaments of the Saints
By Rosemary McGuire Berry · Published by TAN Books
Overview
This work presents the saints not as distant paragons but as real people whose unique temperaments shaped their paths to holiness, helping the reader understand how impulsive, reflective, bold, or gentle traits can be conduits of grace. By exploring saints such as St. Paul, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Mary Magdalene according to the four traditional temperaments, the author shows how cooperation with divine grace leads each temperament toward perfection in Christ.
Explores the four classical temperaments through the lives of saints, showing how personality and holiness intersect.
Uses vivid biographical anecdotes to illustrate strengths and weaknesses oriented toward virtue.
Offers reflections and practical insights on how readers can cooperate with grace in their own temperament.
Focuses each chapter on one saint while incorporating related examples for a richer understanding.
Encourages self‑knowledge as a path to humility and deeper union with Christ.
Intended Audience
This book is suited for Catholics who seek to grow in self‑understanding and holiness by learning from the saints, for spiritual directors guiding souls toward virtue, and for lay readers who wish to see their personality as a gift in the pursuit of sanctity.
Key Themes
Temperament as a path to holiness
Self‑knowledge in light of grace
Saints exemplifying virtue through personality
Cooperation with grace toward perfection
Format:
Hardcover
Author:
Rosemary McGuire Berry
Publish:
03/11/2025
Pages:
216
Pdf:
https://tanbooks.com/content/3321_Preview.pdf
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8 Reviews
5
Piety and Personality: The Temperaments of the Saints
Posted by Anonymous on Jun 5th 2025
Well written and easy to read. takes several saints as examples and shows how they used the good fea…
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5
Life-changing perspective
Posted by Katie on May 26th 2025
This book was a fascinating look at the saints and their temperaments. Most helpful to me was seeing…
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5
Piety and Personality
Posted by April S on Apr 14th 2025
I’ve been curious about the four temperaments for a while now. I knew very little about them going i…
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4
An easy read for a deep subject
Posted by Dad of 12 on Apr 12th 2025
"Know yourself!" An understanding of the traditional personality types known as the "…
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5
This Temperament Geek Loves This Book
Posted by Cynthia B. on Apr 4th 2025
Even as a temperament geek, I was very happy to find out that I have the same temperament as Teresa …
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5
Know thyself
Posted by Cynthia B. on Apr 3rd 2025
St. Augustine said, "Let me know myself, let me know thee."
As a temperament geek, I w…
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5
Best writer!
Posted by Jill G on Mar 20th 2025
This book is a really interesting read! I'm a sanguine who gets bored when I read, but Rosemar…
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5
Amazingly written
Posted by Carrie on Mar 11th 2025
Engaging writing. I am learning so much about the saints and temperaments! I am not a fast reader bu…