The book that integrated the Passion of Our Lord with genuine mental health To the initial astonishment of Catholic moral theologians a century ago, psychology discovered to provide invaluable guidance in developing personality. In this trail-blazing book, first published in 1958, priest-educator G. Emmett Carter gathered the wisest Christian thought about psychology— showing how it can aid the Christian in: • achieving maturity • overcoming character defects • conquering emotional disorders Fr. Carter then shows how sound psychology draws all its strength from the truths of Christianity—while an even deeper understanding of supernatural truth and the Cross can be achieved. Highlights: Where the Bible itself provides us with “a blueprint for the study of man’s psychic forces” Pius XII’s instructions to Christian scholars concerning the study of psychology Main findings and errors of secular psychology Why the Christian way is also the right psychological way Original Sin: th