Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives - Rilegato

Pope Benedict XVI

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ISBN 10: 1408194538 ISBN 13: 9781408194539

Casa editrice: Burns & Oates, 2012

Riassunto

The Pope completes his immensely successful and well-received portrait of Jesus of Nazareth with this last volume. Benedict XVI uses all his years of scholarship, prayer and reflection to show how the Christmas story is the beginning of the central event of human history, the Incarnation. Continuing his previous work to balance the search for a so-called historical Jesus with a search that treats the Gospels as historically reliable, he shows how the life of Jesus from its very beginning, was the supreme expression of God's love for humanity.In his inimitably clear, readable and lucid style, the Pope looks at the hugely important figures of St Joseph and the Virgin Mary, at the birth of Jesus as the fulfilment of God's promises to the Jewish people, as well as the Epiphany and its promise of salvation for all and much more.This text, taken together with its two predecessors, both hugely popular best-sellers in their own right, helps to form a picture of Jesus as God's greatest gift, and draws to a close an extremely important work, both of biblical exegesis and of devotion.

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L'autore:

Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, born in 1927 in Germany, has been head of the Roman Catholic Church since April 2005. A prolific author, theologian, and university professor, Ratzinger served as an expert at the Second Vatican Council, and was appointed in 1977 by Pope Paul VI to lead the German Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. In 1981, Pope John Paul II called him to Rome to head the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, where he served until his papal election.

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Highly recommended. Without ignoring the findings of New Testament scholarship, the author is more interested in the spiritual meaning of the infancy narratives. This is the fruit of a lifetime's scholarship, prayer and reflection. Church of England Newspaper 20130421 The momentous third and final volume in the Pope's international bestselling Jesus of Nazareth trilogy, detailing how the stories of Jesus' infancy and childhood are as relevant today as they were two thousand years ago.In 2007, Joseph Ratzinger published his first book as Pope Benedict XVI in order to 'make known the figure and message of Jesus'. Now the Pope focuses exclusively on the Gospel accounts of Jesus' life as a child. The root of these stories is the experience of hope found in the birth of Jesus and the affirmation of surrender and service embodied in his parents, Joseph and Mary. This is a story of longing and seeking, as demonstrated by the Magi searching for the redemption offered by the birth of a new king. It is a story of sacrifice and trusting completely in the wisdom of God as seen in the faith of Simeon, the just and the devout man of Jerusalem, when he is in the presence of the Christ child. Ultimately, Jesus' life and message is a story for today, one that speaks to the restlessness of the human heart searching for the sole truth which alone leads to profound joy and freedom.This ostensibly simple message is also the most profound challenge to the individual human being at a time of unprecedented turbulence and change.There is no greater vocation for a Pope than to preach the Gospel and this is what in this book Pope Benedict has done with conviction and urgency.This new book is a masterpiece of its kind.

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• Editore: Burns & Oates
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1408194538
• ISBN 13: 9781408194539
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 144