The Fathers
by Pope Benedict XVI
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Author: Pope Benedict XVIEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-18
ISBN: 1592764401
Number of pages: 201
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
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Book Review: The Holy Father and the Fathers
Summary: 5 Stars
In "The Fathers," Pope Benedict XVI continues walking through, to use his charming phrase, "the portrait gallery" of the founders of the Church that he began in "The Apostles." Once again, Our Sunday Visitor assembled a collection of the Holy Father's weekly addresses. On the book jacket, OSV says that the book focuses on the generation or two after the Apostles but the vast majority of the theologians, bishops, monks and holy men that Benedict mediates on come from the tumultuous fourth century. While more historically grounded than his sketches in "The Apostles," Benedict continues to reflect on spiritual lessons that can be learned from the thoughts as well as the lives of these key figures. While the Holy Father's thoughts on a number of the more obscure figures offers light on a number of neglected thinkers, one has to concede that Benedict's meditations on Jerome and, especially, Augustine are the highpoint of the book. Benedict had focused on Augustine during his grad school days and he returns to that great doctor of the Church now, over five decades after he first encountered Agustine's books. These sketches provide a welcome introductory mediation on a number of the key figures who developed the Church.
Summary of The Fathers
Let us now devote our attention to the Apostolic Fathers, that is, to the first and second generations in the Church subsequent to the Apostles. And thus, we can see where the Church's journey begins in history. Pope Benedict XVIThe Fathers of the Church exhorted believers in the face of persecution while fighting heresies and misunderstandings. They were theologians and philosophers, orators and pastors, leaders and problem solvers, martyrs and heroes.
Pope Benedict carefully explains the stories of their rich history and the vital role each one played in not only preserving the Church at the time, but anchoring the Church of today as well as the future.
Bring your faith to life with the spark of history as told by the Pope himself. Gain a fuller understanding of what the Church teaches and why through the critical efforts and experiences of our early Church fathers.
Saint Clement, Bishop of Rome . . . Saint Ignatius of Antioch . . . Origen of Alexandria . . . Saint John Chrysostom . . .Saint Basil...Saint Gregory Nazianzus...St. Maximus of Turin...and more.
These illustrious Church Fathers are the first and second generations of the Church following the Apostles. It is upon their backs that the Church's journey through history is established and solidified.
By defending the newborn Christianity to the point of death and explaining the content of the Faith in a language understandable to the masses, the Apostolic Fathers created a timeless anchor of faith that extends through the challenges of today.
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