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The Gospel of John
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Francis Martin, William M., IV Wright, Peter Williamson, Mary Healy
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In this addition to the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture,
two well-respected New Testament scholars interpret the Gospel of
John in its historical and literary setting as well as in light of
the Church's doctrinal, liturgical, and spiritual tradition. They
unpack the wisdom of the Fourth Gospel for the intellectual and
spiritual transformation of its readers and connect the Gospel with
a range of witnesses throughout the whole history of Catholicism.
This volume, like each in the series, is supplemented by features
designed to help readers understand the Bible more deeply and use
it more effectively in teaching, preaching, evangelization, and
other forms of ministry.
Religion in Europe is currently undergoing changes that are
reconfiguring physical and virtual spaces of practice and belief,
and these changes need to be understood with regards to the
proliferation of digital media discourses. This book explores
religious change in Europe through a comparative approach that
analyzes Atheist, Catholic, and Muslim blogs as spaces for
articulating narratives about religion that symbolically challenge
the power of religious institutions. The book adds theoretical
complexity to the study of religion and digital media with the
concept of hypermediated religious spaces. The theory of
hypermediation helps to critically discuss the theory of
secularization and to contextualize religious change as the result
of multiple entangled phenomena. It considers religion as being
connected with secular and post-secular spaces, and media as
embedding material forms, institutions, and technologies. A spatial
perspective contextualizes hypermediated religious spaces as
existing at the interstice of alternative and mainstream, private
and public, imaginary and real venues. By offering the innovative
perspective of hypermediated religious spaces, this book will be of
significant interest to scholars of religious studies, the
sociology of religion, and digital media.
Examining Catholic activism in the south-west of France during the
middle decades of the sixteenth century, this book argues -
contrary to prevailing views - that the phenomenon was both
widespread and militant even before the formation of the Catholic
League in 1576. Whilst recent research has provided a far greater
understanding of the Huguenot struggle for security and legitimacy,
there has not been a correspondingly thorough investigation into
the grass-roots Catholic reaction to this, and by dismissing
episodes of pre-League Catholic militancy as limited and ephemeral,
a distorted picture of French confessional conflict and rivalry is
painted. Utilizing surviving material from the provincial archives
at Bordeaux, Toulouse, Agen, and at the Bibliotheque Nationale in
Paris, this book provides ample evidence for placing the birth of
Catholic activism in the period preceding the Wars of Religion,
highlighting the confessional tensions that exploded throughout the
1540s and 1550s. As competing bands of religious enthusiasts, and
municipal and court officials, fought first with words, then with
weapons, for supremacy of the community in the towns of the
south-west, a steady escalation of confrontation can be traced.
Within this atmosphere of rising tension, it is shown how Catholic
militancy mirrored the organizational and fund-raising capacity of
their Protestant rivals, and how the local military elite rose to
support their co-religionists at the outbreak of formal hostilities
in 1562. The ascendancy of Catholic militants in key urban centres
by 1570 would deal a fatal blow to Protestant plans for supremacy
of the south-west.
Christian dialogic writings flourished in the Catholic missions in
late Ming China. This study focuses on the mission work of the
Italian Jesuit Giulio Aleni (Ai Rulue , 1582-1649) in Fujian and
the unique text Kouduo richao (Diary of Oral Admonitions,
1630-1640) that records the religious and intellectual
conversations among the Jesuits and local converts. By examining
the mechanisms of dialogue in Kouduo richao and other Christian
works distinguished by a certain dialogue form, the author of the
present work aims to reveal the formation of a hybrid
Christian-Confucian identity in late Ming Chinese religious
experience. By offering the new approach of dialogic hybridization,
the book not only treats dialogue as an important yet
underestimated genre in late Ming Christian literature, but it also
uncovers a self-other identity complex in the dialogic exchanges of
the Jesuits and Chinese scholars. Giulio Aleni, Kouduo richao, and
Christian-Confucian Dialogism in Late Ming Fujian is a
multi-faceted investigation of the religious, philosophical,
ethical, scientific, and artistic topics discussed among the
Jesuits and late Ming scholars. This comprehensive research echoes
what the distinguished Sinologist Erik Zurcher (1928-2008) said
about the richness and diversity of Chinese Christian texts
produced in the 17th and 18th centuries. Following Zurcher's
careful study and annotated full translation of Kouduo richao
(Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, LVI/1-2), the present work
features a set of new findings beyond the endeavours of Zurcher and
other scholars. With the key concept of Christian-Confucian
dialogism, it tells the intriguing story of Aleni's mission work
and the thriving Christian communities in late Ming Fujian.
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You'll learn about the Catholic perspective on women as priests,
saints as examples of how to live, and prayer as the basis of a
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observe traditions like attending Mass on certain days of the year,
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and what it's like to be a priest in today's society Details about
the church's position on modern social issues, like poverty,
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Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis' post-synodal exhortation on love in
the family, turned out to be one of the most controversial
documents of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church in recent
decades. It was published in April 2016 following the two "Synods
of Bishops on the Family" held in 2014 and 2015. The document
brought division amongst the Catholic hierarchy, theologians and
pastors and nearly two years after its publication the exact
meaning of the document and its implications for the Church are
still a matter of dispute. A number of prelates present at the
Synods indicated that these gatherings were animated by "the spirit
of Vatican II." This work links the notion of "the spirit of
Vatican II" with Amoris Laetitia and it argues that a hermeneutics
of interpretation of the Second Vatican Council which focuses on
following "the spirit of the Council" is the hermeneutics which can
be, and in the future most likely will be, the predominant way of
interpreting and implementing Amoris Laetitia. This book aims to
provide a contribution to this hotly debated topic in the field of
Catholic theology.
The official new Sunday Missal in a classically beautiful red
imitation leather binding. The Collins Sunday Missal is fully
updated with the new, approved Order of Mass, perfect for anyone
wishing to prepare for Sunday Mass and take an active part in its
celebration. With a closer and more direct translation of the
original liturgy, more detailed and explanatory commentary and
additional readings to help prepare and collect after Mass, The
Sunday Missal will aid a closer, more transcendent experience
during Sunday worship. New illustrations in the Romanesque
tradition, four firmly stitched in ribbons, clear design, and
quality printing, make Collins' Sunday Missal a durable, beautiful
book from which to worship
For St. Ephrem of Syria (d. 373) and Jacob of Serugh (d. 521), God
is utterly mysterious, yet He is present in all that He has
created. The kenosis (self-emptying) of the Word of God is found
not only in the human nature of Christ, but in the finite words of
Sacred Scripture. In this action, the Divine makes itself
accessible to human beings. The triple descent of the Son of God
into the womb of Mary, the Jordan River at his baptism, and into
sheol at his death, were actions directed both to redemption and
divinization. Ephrem and Jacob employed a system of types and
antitypes used in Sacred Scripture to demonstrate the sacraments as
extensions of Christ's actions through history. St. Ephrem, who was
proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XV, and Jacob of
Serugh were two of the earliest and most important representatives
of the theological world-view of the Syriac church. Much of their
work was in the form of hymns and metrical homilies, using poetry
to express theology. In Early Syriac Theology, Chorbishop Seely
Joseph Beggiani strives to present their insights in a systematic
form according to headings used in western treatises, while not
undermining the originality and cohesiveness of their thought. The
material is organized under the themes of the hiddenness of God,
creation and sin, revelation, incarnation, redemption, divinization
and the Holy Spirit, the Church, Mary, the mysteries of initiation,
eschatology and faith. Additionally, the book highlights the fact
that the liturgical tradition of the Maronite church, one of the
Syriac churches, is consistently and pervasively a living
expression of the theology of these two Syriac church fathers.
Pope Francis is determined to transform the Catholic Church. The
first Pope born in South America, Francis was elected at a time
when the world was weary of the Vatican. He has been able to inject
new enthusiasm for the Church and win many admirers. Beneath his
smile and warm nature, there is a man who wants the Church to go
back to its core values of social justice and caring for the poor
and vulnerable around the world. Pope Francis - Two Years of Change
is a chronicle of just what he has been able to do so far. Follow
Pope Francis' story as he becomes one of the most respected figures
in the world today.
Representing the highest quality of scholarship, Gilles Emery
offers a much-anticipated introduction to Catholic doctrine on the
Trinity. His extensive research combined with lucid prose provides
readers a resource to better understand the foundations of
Trinitarian reflection. The book is addressed to all who wish to
benefit from an initiation to Trinitarian doctrine. The path
proposed by this introductory work comprises six steps. First the
book indicates some liturgical and biblical ways for entering into
Trinitarian faith. It then presents the revelation of the Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit in the New Testament, by inviting the reader
to reflect upon the signification of the word "God." Next it
explores the confessions of Trinitarian faith, from the New
Testament itself to the Creed of Constantinople, on which it offers
a commentary. By emphasizing the Christian culture inherited from
the fourth-century Fathers of the Church, the book presents the
fundamental principles of Trinitarian doctrine, which find their
summit in the Christian notion of "person." On these foundations,
the heart of the book is a synthetic exposition of the persons of
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in their divine being and
mutual relations, and in their action for us. Finally, the last
step takes up again the study of the creative and saving action of
the Trinity: the book concludes with a doctrinal exposition of the
"missions" of the Son and Holy Spirit, that is, the salvific
sending of the Son and Holy Spirit that leads humankind to the
contemplation of the Father.
Even if youve never heard of Consoling the Heart of Jesus, this
companion guide will explain to you in a clear, step-by-step way
what consoling the Heart of Jesus is all about. Youll find all the
main ideas, prayers, and meditations compiled for easy reference.
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