Foreword 6Preface 7PART I 12THE BIOGRAPHY OF ST. DOMINICBirth and Childhood 12Education 13Canon of Osma 14A Mission of State 15Missionary Aspirations 15The Albigensian Heresy 16Failure of Papal Legates 17His Apostolic Zeal 18The Miracle at Fanjeaux 19Institution of the Second Order 19Adversities 20The Inquisition 21The Rosary 23The Crusade 24Refusal of Episcopal Honors 26The First Community House 27Approval as a Diocesan Community 27Council of the Lateran 28Disappointment 29Meeting of St. Dominic and St. Francis 30Innocent III Names the Order 31Selection of a Rule 31Confirmation of the Order 32Dispersion of the Brethren 33Miracle at St. Sixtus 34The Order and the Universities 35Journey to Spain 36Foundations in Italy and Poland 37The First General Chapter 38Preaching in Lombardy and the Third Order 39The Second General Chapter 40St. Dominic's Character 42PART II 45GENIUS OF THE ORDERCharacter of the Times 45Danger of This Movement 46The Struggle Against Rationalism 46St. Dominic's Grasp of the Situation 48Contemplative Element 48The Vows 50Spirit of Dominican Discipline 51Dispensations 52Rule and Constitutions 53Organization 54Study 58Theological Systems 58Need of a New Method 59St. Dominic's Plan 60Its Execution 63Obstacles to Study Eliminated 65Schools of the Order 65New Studies 68Preaching 69Deficiency of Preachers 69Preaching the Vocation of Dominicans 70St. Dominic's Plan Unique 71Preaching the Chief Work of the Order 72Preachers to All 74Preaching to Infidels 75Not All Preachers 77PART III 78DOMINICAN ACHIEVEMENTSEducation 78Theology and Philosophy 83Scripture 92 Canon Law 97Languages 98Literature 101Science 107Missionaries and Martyrs 110Saints and Mystics 121Sociology 125Art 131In Other Fields of Service 136APPENDIX 140Letter of Pope Benedict XV 140Encyclical of Pope Benedict XV on the Seventh Centenary of the Death of St. Dominic 145