"This book is... my personal search 'for the face of the Lord.'"
--Benedict XVI
In this bold, momentous work, the pope--in his first book
written as Benedict XVI--seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from
recent "popular" depictions and to restore Jesus' true identity as
discovered in the Gospels. Through his brilliance as a theologian
and his personal conviction as a believer, the pope shares a rich,
compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of Jesus and incites us to
encounter, face-to-face, the central figure of the Christian
faith.
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."
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