Saint Vincent De Paul: His Perceived Christological Thought Pattern on Charity and Christ in the Poor
Saint Vincent De Paul: His Perceived Christological Thought Pattern on Charity and Christ in the Poor

Author: Michael I. Edem CM

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2019-02-14

Total Pages: 701

ISBN-13: 1796015326

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The entire work is divided into three parts. Each part has its accompanying chapters with corresponding introductions and conclusions. It is the incarnation that necessitated the self-emptying and self-abasement of Christ. It is the same mystery that underlies his passion and crucifixion and eventual resurrection. The mystery of incarnation capped with experiential events forms the tap root of this global vision of Christ in the poor. It is central to his theology of the poor, Christ in the poor and the poor in Christ. The incarnation and experiential events furnish the inclination and orientation Vincent’s thought pattern possesses. Such penetration and globalization process concerning the word “incarnate” are in line with the Church’s “permanent need of theological reflection.” The special inclination acts as a veneer that links other aspects. It forms a continuum, permeating and illumining the mystical link of the Vincentian Christ in the poor and the poor in Christ.

Guidelines for Mystical Prayer
Guidelines for Mystical Prayer

Author: Ruth Burrows

Publisher: Burns & Oates

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780860124535

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A reissue of Ruth Burrows' critically acclaimed work of spiritual theology.

Acedia & Me
Acedia & Me

Author: Kathleen Norris

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9781594489969

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Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.

Divine Currency
Divine Currency

Author: Devin Singh

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2018-04-10

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1503605671

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This book shows how early economic ideas structured Christian thought and society, giving crucial insight into why money holds such power in the West. Examining the religious and theological sources of money's power, it shows how early Christian thinkers borrowed ancient notions of money and economic exchange from the Roman Empire as a basis for their new theological arguments. Monetary metaphors and images, including the minting of coins and debt slavery, provided frameworks for theologians to explain what happens in salvation. God became an economic administrator, for instance, and Christ functioned as a currency to purchase humanity's freedom. Such ideas, in turn, provided models for pastors and Christian emperors as they oversaw both resources and people, which led to new economic conceptions of state administration of populations and conferred a godly aura on the use of money. Divine Currency argues that this longstanding association of money with divine activity has contributed over the centuries to money's ever increasing significance, justifying various forms of politics that manage citizens along the way. Devin Singh's account sheds unexpected light on why we live in a world where nothing seems immune from the price mechanism.

Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac
Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac

Author: Saint Vincent de Paul

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780809135646

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Here are the rules, conferences and writings of these two Vincentian founders who, through service to the poor, left an indelible mark on the church in France in the seventeenth century and beyond to the present. Louise (1591-1660) first came to Vincent (1581-1660) for spiritual direction and they became coworkers and friends for the rest of their lives.

The Spirit of Catholicism
The Spirit of Catholicism

Author: Dr. Karl Adam

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2017-06-28

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1787204944

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This is the 1929 English translation of the original German text first published in 1924 and authored by one of the world’s most distinguished Christian philosophers, Dr. Karl Adam. This book is a brilliant and evocative study of the fundamental concepts of the Catholic Faith, from its tenets, its historical development and the role of the Church in world society. For many on the outside, Catholicism, according to Dr. Adam, represents a daunting and somewhat foreign confused mass of conflicting forces that has somehow survived the tests of time. Catholicism is simultaneously new yet quite old; holy yet corrupt; hierarchical yet personal; dogmatic yet utilitarian, and so on. How can someone outside the Church get a good grasp on the essence of Catholicism when it is so vast and seemingly complex? Those attempting to grasp the very heart and spirit of Catholicism should read Karl Adam’s book, which is a most elegant and concise exploration of the faith and an attempt to address these ambiguities. What are the fundamental attributes of the Catholic Church? What is the source from which it has drawn vigor and life through its two thousand years of life on earth? What are the secret sources of its incredible vitality in the world today? The author answers these and many other questions about the nature and structure of the Church. He examines the essential nature of the Catholic Church from the basic premise that it was expressly founded by Christ, traces its historical development and analyzes its actual functioning through the ages.

An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought
An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought

Author: Michael P. Hornsby-Smith

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-11-09

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780521681995

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An overview of Catholic social thought, both official and non-official, particularly in recent decades, first published in 2006.

Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018
Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018

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Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2019-12-17

Total Pages: 585

ISBN-13: 1640652353

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Lesser Feasts and Fasts had not been updated since 2006. This updated edition, adopted at the 79th General Convention (resolution A065), fills that need. Biographies and collects associated with those included within the volume have been updated; a deliberate effort has been made to more closely balance the men and women represented within its pages.