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Jesus of Nazareth
by Benedict.
Narrated by Leslie, Don.
Publication:
[Santa Ana, Calif.], [Boulder, Colo Random House, 2007.
From the Publisher:
When he was elected Pope Benedict XVI in April 2005, Joseph Ratzinger became the most accomplished theologian to ascend to the Papacy in several hundred years. Over the prior 50 years of his life he had authored scores of theological works and even his critics have acknowledged his erudition and superior intellect. In this, his first major work published as Pope Benedict XV?and certainly his most personal one, Joseph Ratzinger shares an intimate, profound, and fresh rediscovery of Jesus of the Gospels: a face-to-face meeting with the authentic center of Christian belief. “This book is…solely an expression of my personal search ‘for the face of the Lord’ (Ps 27:8).” Ranging from the scholarly to the deeply personal, His Holiness puts forward a unique and uplifting view on what it means to have faith in Jesus today. “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.”... Show More
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