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Author: Alice Camille
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
Published: 2013-12-16
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781585959242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese daily meditations on the readings of the Mass invite us to immerse ourselves in the season by getting in touch with the saints within. A shining, wondrous book, full of wisdom for Lent.
Author: Sonja Corbitt
Publisher: Servant Publications
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781632531896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo matter how well you know the Bible -- a little or a lot -- Ignite will help you read it with new eyes. Speaking directly to your heart, Ignite presents the richness and beauty of the Scriptures in a way that connects the incredible story of God's love to your everyday experience. You will find clear answers to th who, what, where, when, why, and how of the Bible. Fuel your knowledge and love for God by spending time with his voice in sacred Scripture. With Ignite as your guide, the ever ancient, ever new pages of the Bible will come alive again for you. A 2018 Catholic Press Association Book Award winner.
Author: Andri Vauchez
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-02-17
Total Pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9780521619813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a standard work of reference for the study of the religious history of western Christianity in the later middle ages which, since its original publication in French in 1981, has come to be regarded as one of the great contributions to medieval studies of recent times. Hagiographical texts and reports of the processes of canonisation - a mode of investigation into saints' lives and their miracles implemented by the popes from the end of the twelfth century - are here used for the first time as major source materials. The book illuminates the main features of the medieval religious mind, and highlights the popes' attempts to gain firmer control over the wide variety of expressions of faith towards the saints in order to promote a higher pattern of devotion and moral behaviour among Christians.
Author: Trent Beattie
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 98
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ellen Labrecque
Publisher:
Published: 2021-10-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780819817006
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCiao! Meet Carlo: an Italian fifteen-year-old techie who loved coding, video games, animals, and also lived a life that put him on the highway to heaven! Book jacket.
Author: Erwin W. Lutzer
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2015-12-15
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 0802493300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of Nazi Germany is one of conflict between two saviors and two crosses. “Deine Reich komme,” Hitler prayed publicly—“Thy Kingdom come.” But to whose kingdom was he referring? When Germany truly needed a savior, Adolf Hitler falsely assumed the role. He directed his countrymen to a cross, but he bent and hammered the true cross into a horrific substitute: a swastika. Where was the church through all of this? With a few exceptions, the German church looked away while Hitler inflicted his “Final Solution” upon the Jews. Hitler’s Cross is a chilling historical account of what happens when evil meets a silent, shrinking church, and an intriguing and convicting exposé of modern America’s own hidden crosses. Erwin W. Lutzer extracts a number of lessons from this dark chapter in world history, such as: The dangers of confusing church and state The role of God in human tragedy The parameters of Satan's freedom Hitler's Cross is the story of a nation whose church forgot its call and discovered its failure way too late. It is a cautionary tale for every church and Christian to remember who the true King is.
Author: Donald S. Prudlo
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2016-03-21
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1501701525
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe doctrine of papal infallibility is a central tenet of Roman Catholicism, and yet it is frequently misunderstood by Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Much of the present-day theological discussion points to the definition of papal infallibility made at Vatican I in 1870, but the origins of the debate are much older than that. In Certain Sainthood, Donald S. Prudlo traces this history back to the Middle Ages, to a time when Rome was struggling to extend the limits of papal authority over Western Christendom. Indeed, as he shows, the very notion of papal infallibility grew out of debates over the pope's authority to canonize saints.Prudlo's story begins in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries when Rome was increasingly focused on the fight against heresy. Toward this end the papacy enlisted the support of the young mendicant orders, specifically the Dominicans and Franciscans. As Prudlo shows, a key theme in the papacy's battle with heresy was control of canonization: heretical groups not only objected to the canonizing of specific saints, they challenged the concept of sainthood in general. In so doing they attacked the roots of papal authority. Eventually, with mendicant support, the very act of challenging a papally created saint was deemed heresy.Certain Sainthood draws on the insights of a new generation of scholarship that integrates both lived religion and intellectual history into the study of theology and canon law. The result is a work that will fascinate scholars and students of church history as well as a wider public interested in the evolution of one of the world’s most important religious institutions.
Author: Donna Freitas
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2010-08-17
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1429930543
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAntonia Lucia Labella has two secrets: at fifteen, she's still waiting for her first kiss, and she wants to be a saint. An official one. Seem strange? Well, to Antonia, saints are royalty, and she wants her chance at being a princess. All her life she's kept company with these kings and queens of small favors, knowing exactly whom to pray to on every occasion. Unfortunately, the two events Antonia's prayed for seem equally unlikely to happen. It's not for lack of trying. For how long has she been hoping to gain the attention of the love of her life – the tall, dark, and so good-looking Andy Rotellini? Too long to mention. And every month for the last eight years, Antonia has sent a petition to the Vatican proposing a new patron saint and bravely offering herself for the post. So what if she's not dead? But as Antonia learns, in matters of the heart and sainthood, things are about as straightforward as wound-up linguini, and sometimes you need to recognize the signs.
Author: Kenneth L. Woodward
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2016-04-26
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 1439143951
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom inside the Vatican, the book that became a modern classic on sainthood in the Catholic Church. Working from church documents, Kenneth Woodward shows how saint-makers decide who is worthy of the church's highest honor. He describes the investigations into lives of candidates, explains how claims for miracles are approved or rejected, and reveals the role politics -- papal and secular -- plays in the ultimate decision. From his examination of such controversial candidates as Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador and Edith Stein, a Jewish philosopher who became a nun and was gassed at Auschwitz, to his insights into the changes Pope John Paul II has instituted, Woodward opens the door on a 2,000-year-old tradition.
Author: Editors of Life
Publisher: Life
Published: 2011-05-24
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781603202206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Pope John Paul II died in 2005 some four million pilgrims made their way to Rome to celebrate his extraordinary life. When this man is beatified on May 1, 2011, putting him only one final step from sainthood, millions more will arrive, and thousands will pack St. Peter's Square. Rarely in our age has one person touched so many people so profoundly. LIFE Books first published its bestselling illustrated biography of this man in 1999, and now on the eve of beatification it is time to revisit the story, and bring it up to date with 25 new pages of inspiring text and photography. Pope John Paul II: Toward Sainthood follows the life of the former Karol Wojtyla through the great events of the 20th century, events in which he sometimes played a crucial role. In this book, a dramatic life is captured in words and extraordinary pictures-including photographs shared with LIFE by Karol Wojtyla's old friends in Poland, seen in LIFE's pages for the first time. Also in this expanded edition are the stories of the last ten years: the celebration of the 2000 Jubliee year at the Vatican, the horrific sexual-abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic Church and the papacy, the extraordinary funeral of John Paul II (the largest funeral in world history, and probably the most watched event ever) and, finally, the man's inexorable march to the communion of the saints. The Reverend Billy Graham writes in his moving foreword to this book: "Few individuals have had a greater impact-not just religious but socially and morally-on the modern world. He will stand as the most influential moral voice of our time." That voice has not been stilled by death, and is alive in the pages of this special book.
