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Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration

Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration - Hardcover

by Pope Benedict XVI
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Availability:In StockContributor:Pope Benedict XVISeries:Jesus of Nazareth #1Publish date:2007-05-15Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:ImageISBN-13:9780385523417ISBN-10:385523416UPC:9780385523417Book Category:Religion, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, Christianity, ReligiousBook Topic:Christology, CatholicSize:7.72 x 5.37 x 1.04 inchesWeight:0.9811Product ID:SC1M7SH12T
Pope Benedict XVI's iconic life of Jesus, a rich, compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of the central figure of the Christian faith.

"This book is . . . my personal search 'for the face of the Lord.'"--Benedict XVI

In this bold, momentous work, the Pope seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from today's "popular" depictions and to restore his true identity as discovered in the Gospels. Through his brilliance as a theologian and his personal conviction as a believer, the Pope incites us to encounter Jesus face to face.

From Jesus of Nazareth ". . . the great question that will be with us throughout this entire book: But what has Jesus really brought, then, if he has not brought world peace, universal prosperity, and a better world? What has he brought? The answer is very simple: God. He has brought God! He has brought the God who once gradually unveiled his countenance first to Abraham, then to Moses and the prophets, and then in the wisdom literature--the God who showed his face only in Israel, even though he was also honored among the pagans in various shadowy guises. It is this God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the true God, whom he has brought to the peoples of the earth. He has brought God, and now we know his face, now we can call upon him. Now we know the path that we human beings have to take in this world. Jesus has brought God and with God the truth about where we are going and where we come from: faith, hope, and love."
Language:EnglishPublisher:ImageISBN-13:9780385523417ISBN-10:385523416UPC:9780385523417Book Category:Religion, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, Christianity, ReligiousBook Topic:Christology, CatholicSize:7.72 x 5.37 x 1.04 inchesWeight:0.9811Product ID:SC1M7SH12T
On April 19, 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI and became the 264th successor to Peter as the "Vicar of Jesus Christ." He may well have been the most accomplished theologian to be elected Pope in modern times. Beginning in 1981, he spent more than twenty years as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a role often depicted as the "defender of the faith." Cardinal Ratzinger was also President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and of the Preparatory Commission that codified the new Catechism of the Catholic Church, published in 1994. Pope Benedict XVI died in 2022.
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