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Since the closing of Vatican II (1962-1965) nearly fifty years ago, several multivolume studies have detailed how the bishops at the council debated successive drafts and finally approved the sixteen documents published as the proceedings of the council. However, opinions vary, sometimes sharply, about the implications of Vatican II. This volume explores the major flashpoints.
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In The Gospel of Mark, Fathers Donahue and Harrington use an approach that can be expressed by two terms currently used in literary criticism: intratextuality and intertextuality. This intratextual and intertextual reading of Mark's Gospel helps us to appreciate the literary character, its setting in life, and its distinctive approaches to the Old Testament, Jesus, and early Christian theology. Includes an updated bibliography as an appendix.
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Join us in a pilgrimage around the world as the divine veil is lifted on the most famous visits from heaven.Discover the 14 sacred sites in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa dedicated to the appearances of Mary and Jesus.Learn about the historical context; the visionaries witnessing the apparitions; the miraculous healings; the church approval process by local authorities; and the cultural attractions of these sacred destinations--illustrated...
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Second Corinthians is often regarded as the most personal of Paul's letters. In this letter, Paul more than once fiercely counters the attacks of his opponents. He extensively describes both the quality and circumstances of his apostolic existence: the sufferings he endures, the opposition he encounters, and his continual care for the churches. Second Corinthians is, therefore, highly significant theologically as well as autobiographically. This letter...
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Each year, many adults who have never been baptized become Catholic. In the United States, these adults are outnumbered by baptized Christians of other denominations who seek to enter into the full communion of the Catholic Church. In the minds of many Catholics 'indeed, in many parish preparation programs 'there is little difference between the two groups. Baptized and catechized Christians are often placed in programs with those who have not been...
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Lenten Reading Reflections is geared to small groups or individuals looking to prepare for the Sunday Masses during Lent. Each week's readings within all three Liturgical Years A,B,C are identified. A short reflection is also provided to stimulate conversation within the group or for the individual's own contemplation.
I envision that you could use this book on your own to prepare for Mass but I think it would be better if you can gather with...
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Advent/Christmas Reading Reflections is geared to small groups or individuals looking to prepare for the Sunday Masses during the Advent and Christmas Liturgical seasons. Each week's readings within all three Liturgical Years A,B,C are identified. A short reflection is also provided to stimulate conversation within the group or for the individual's own contemplation.
I envision that you could use this book on your own to prepare for Mass but...
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Ordinary Time Reading Reflections is geared to small groups or individuals looking to prepare for the Sunday Masses during Ordinary Time Liturgical season. Each week's readings within all three Liturgical Years A,B,C are identified. A short reflection is also provided to stimulate conversation within the group or for the individual's own contemplation.
I envision that you could use this book on your own to prepare for Mass but I think it would...
9) An Adult Christ at Christmas: Essays on the Three Biblical Christmas Stories - Matthew 2 and Luke 2
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In this digest of his longer work, The Birth of the Messiah, Father Brown puts the adult Christ back into Christmas, treating the infancy narratives of Matthew and Luke as the entire Gospel story in miniature.
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Notre conduite éthique et morale nous montre qui nous sommes. C'est par les œuvres que l'on connaît l'homme à son meilleur. Notre aspect physique, notre pouvoir financier, notre occupation, notre fonction politique ou toute autre spécificité ne nous définissent pas. C'est un bon cœur que Jésus cherche dans le monde. Il ouvre son royaume d'amour et de pardon à tous ceux qui croient en lui. C'est le thème central de la deuxième partie du...
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El Padre Javier Olivera Ravasi convoca para una nueva instancia a un tribunal de apelación. El de Cristo. En esta nueva instancia nos reabre el expediente de ese inicuo proceso.Este tribunal, convocado y presidido por el autor, reconsidera ante nosotros las atrocidades acumuladas en un proceso tan injusto que uno se pregunta si no fue el peor que creaturas humanas hayan podido perpetrar. Y es un pulso de escritor que conjuga lo que debe su autor...
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Called the Pilgrim Pope, a pope of the people, John Paul II connected with his flock from the highest to the lowest. He was one of history's most beloved popes among Catholics and non-Catholics alike, a man whose indomitable spirit touched and taught us all. A Year with John Paul II showcases his most important teachings as well as his inspirational writings, in a daily devotional format that will inspire readers and deepen their reflections and meditations.
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This work, by the 5th century Syriac father St. Jacob of Serug, expands on the tradition that St. Thomas the Apostle built a palace in India for king Gondophares. This tradition is found elsewhere, in texts like the Acts of Thomas, as well as in the Ramban Pattu, which all account part of this legend. This texts by St. Jacob appears to be independent of the two aforementioned traditions, as it disagrees with some of the details of their account. This...
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At various point during the tenure of the Carolingian dynasty, it was necessary to resolve dynastic disputes through the intervention of ecclesiastical synods with the public task of electing a monarch for the realm from the family of Charles the Great. Enclosed in this short volume are the documents relating directly to four of these elections, for the persons of: Boso of Provence, Eudes of France, Louis III the Blind, and Guy II of Italy.
15) Super Quibusdam
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During the Latin presence in the Holy Land in 12th and 13th century, contact was made between papal legates and the Armenian Apostolic Church in Cilicia (Armenia Minor). Among the various doctrinal exchanges that took place, and the brief lived union between Roman Catholics and Armenians, was this document, where common theological ground is specified by the reigning Roman Pope in Avignon. This theological common ground would be revisited during the...
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The Synod of Ingelheim was called by Otto I the Great, in the then church of Saint Remigius in the German city of Ingelheim. Being summoned at the behest of Pope Agapetus II. It's primary goal was to resolve a long running Schism concerning the archiepiscopal see of Reims, then under the jurisdiction of the German Emperor. The synod was presided by Marinus of Bomarzo, then the Roman Church's primary librarian.
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This is a collection of the forty-seven original statutes passed for the continuity of Roman law in the Burgundian realm. It has been attributed to the last king of the Burgundians, Gondomar. However, this identification is unclear given the composite nature of a document like this. In all likelihood, it is a composition of various Burgundian rulers, and their Latin administrators, attempting to bridge the administrative gap between the collapse of...
18) Sigismund
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Prior to becoming Pope Pius II, Aeneas Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini, was a Italo-German politician working the Imperial circuit. He career brought him into the service of both papal legates and the ducal Hapsburg family, which then ruled Austria and Strasbourg. This composition, to Sigismund Hapsburg, was composed in 1443, when Aeneas was employed as a secretary for the Imperial chancellery. He appears to be extolling the values of education on the...
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In 1454, Casimir, the king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania was approached by the Prussian Confederation for aid against the knights of the Teutonic Order. He granted them the proposition of separatist Prussian region under the protectorate of the Polish Kingdom. This resulted in the Thirteen Years War which lasted until 1466, but firmly brought Prussia under Polish suzerainty for the next two centuries and helped separate the Prussian nobility...
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St. Edmund the Martyr was a Christian martyr and the king of East Anglia in the 9th century. Facts concerning the life of St. Edmund are few and far between, as the kingdom of East Anglia was devastated by the Vikings, who destroyed any contemporary evidence of his reign. A popular cult emerged after Edmund's death, and he was canonised by the Catholic Church sometime in the 10th century. This work, composed by the French monk Abbo, attempts to chronicle...
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