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'I implore our citizens and allies that when I shall have departed
this life they will honor my deeds and name with their praise and
kind remembrance.' Vain hope! In death, as in life, political
intrigues, family hatreds and betrayals, and sexual passions and
jealousies combine with a succession of personal tragedies to
destroy the character and good name of Tiberius, the brilliant
stepson and successor of the deified Augustus. The 'ablest of all
the sovereigns the empire ever had' surges to life with all his
stiff pride, mordant wit and penetrating intelligence in this
adventure-packed tale of love, war, political double-dealing,
partisan struggle and brazen treachery. The hand of fate lays waste
all rivals, leaving Tiberius the reluctant Caesar, burdened by the
twin griefs of having to give up the woman he loves in order to wed
Augustus's licentious daughter, and the bitter humiliation of
having been the choice of last resort to govern Rome. While his
military prowess shields the empire, his reputation and political
authority are under incessant assault and treachery, not only from
enemies but even his most trusted lieutenant, Sejanus, in this epic
novel of an age whose events often mirror those of the present.
Tiberius - Reluctant Caesar depicts a world whose political
duplicity, cynical manipulations, fanatical hatreds, public
gullibility and sexual intrigues are difficult to distinguish from
our own.
The Sacrament of the Future is a contemporary examination of the
theory and praxis of sacraments undertaken in the belief that a
renewed understanding of them will shape the survival of the faith
in the changed circumstances of the twenty-first century. This new
perspective is the eschatological character of the sacraments: by
retaining the tension between time and eternity in our present
life, sacraments anticipate the future fulfilment of salvation in
heaven. The association of the two classical treatises of
Sacramental Theology and the doctrine of Last Things will alter our
approach not only to the sacraments, but also to other important
tenets of Christian theology. This book is the result of half a
lifetime's work in presenting and critically analysing Karl
Rahner's theological thought. Professor George Vass has not
confined himself to the detailed exposition of the thought of his
predecessor but, through a critical analysis of his views, tries to
enter into dialogue with him. Professor Vass, Fellow of Heythrop
College, University of London, and for twenty years holder of Karl
Rahner's chair at the University of Innsbruck, entered the Society
of Jesus in 1946, and obtained his qualifications in Philosophy and
Theology at various European universities. He taught at Heythrop
College, Oxon, and the University of London, before his call to the
University of Innsbruck in 1976. In 1996 he became Professor
Emeritus of the chair of Dogmatic and Ecumenical Theology. Since
then he has been Parish Priest within the diocese of Tyrol,
Austria.
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