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Innocent III: Vicar of Christ or Lord of the World?

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Product DescriptionWhen it was first published by D.C. Heath in 1963 as part of their "Problems in European Civilization" series, this small volume offered readers a broad representation of the scholarly discussion on Pope Innocent III in an accessible format. Now revised and updated, this new edition presents recent scholarship on the role of Innocent [...]

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The Virgin Mary, Monotheism and Sacrifice

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Product DescriptionThe Virgin Mary plays a major-although often paradoxical-role in the incarnation and crucifixion and in the ecclesiastical structure of Christianity. This role is shaped by sacrifice as understood in terms of the religious patrimony of ancient Israel and as refigured in the new Christian and Islamic paradigms arising from it. Here the offering up [...]

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The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity

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Product DescriptionHow does Jesus fulfill over three hundred Old Testament Prophecies? (each listed inside this book) Is Catholicism inherently Anti-Semitic? Do the Hebrew Scriptures accurately predict Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah? How does Jewish thinking presuppose devotion to Mary? Is the Catholic Church a fulfillment of historic Israel? How do Jewish water rituals relate [...]

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Virgin Goddess: Studies in the Pagan and Christian Roots of Mariology

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Product DescriptionThe contemporary search for the feminine face of God is requiring a re-examination of the relationship of Christianity to the pagan world in which it came to birth. Stephen Benko approaches this study as both an historian and a Christian believer. Inquiring into extra-biblical sources of Marian piety, belief and doctrine, he proposes 'that [...]

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The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism

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ISBN13: 9780812974218 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionThis clear and comprehensive anthology, culled from the vast corpus of Christian mystical literature by the renowned theologian and historian Bernard McGinn, presents nearly one hundred selections, from the writings of Origen of Alexandria in the third century to the work of [...]

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Reforming Mary: Changing Images of the Virgin Mary in Lutheran Sermons of the Sixteenth Century

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Product DescriptionCatholics and Protestants have, since the earliest days of the Reformation, held markedly different views about the Virgin Mary. In Reforming Mary Beth Kreitzer examines the development of Lutheran views on this subject as expressed in 16th-century Lutheran published sermons, starting with the earliest of Luther's own Reformation sermons.She shows that from the beginning [...]

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The City of God

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Product DescriptionSaint Augustine of Hippo is one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and this book is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defense of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, [...]

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Report: Homily Outlining Prelude to Lent for San Francisco Roman Catholics by Archbishop George H. Niederauer by Peter Menkin

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Report: Homily outlining prelude to Lent for San Francisco Roman Catholics by Archbishop George H. Niederauerby Peter Menkin In a neat Homily given as a prelude to Lent on the World Day of Prayer for the Sick at St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, a theme of “…we need each other…” was knit, offering a statement [...]

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Called to Love: Approaching John Paul II's Theology of the Body

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ISBN13: 9780385527712 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description A thoughtful, accessible work on the beauty of love and the splendor of the body, inspired by Pope John Paul II. Christianity has long been regarded as viewing the body as a threat to a person's spiritual nature and of denying [...]

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Where Catholic Singles Make a Point in Dating

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There is a lot to be deciphered through the way Catholics look at dating and the way catholic dating sites have come to change the way their singles approach dating and marriage. It is very important to make sure that as a catholic and overtly as a Christian, the way you are dating is not [...]

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Prayer of the Heart: The Contemplative Tradition of the Christian East

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Product DescriptionThis new edition brings back into print a pioneering work that sold almost 70,000 copies in its first edition. In this comprehensive guide to contemplative prayer, George Maloney, S.J., a leading exponent of the Eastern Orthodox spiritual tradition in the decades after Vatican II, opens up this tradition of prayer--in particular the Jesus Prayer--to [...]

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An Introduction to the New Testament for Catholics

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Product DescriptionThe title of this book may be a bit puzzling—a Catholic introduction to the New Testament? The New Testament belongs to all Christians, and the modern study of the New Testament has benefited from the contributions by scholars of all Christian denominations. But there are problems with the New Testament that are specific to [...]

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Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words

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ISBN13: 9780898708479 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionWhat was the early Church like? Contrary to popular belief, Rod Bennett shows there is a reliable way to know. Four ancient Christian writers—four witnesses to early Christianity —left us an extensive body of documentation on this vital subject, and this book [...]

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The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder

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ISBN13: 9780385518291 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionReflecting Josemaría Escrivá’s belief that God can be found in professional and everyday settings, The Way blends passages from sacred Scripture with anecdotes drawn from Escrivá’s life and work, snatches of conversation, and selections from his personal letters. The direct, conversational writing [...]

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Family Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide

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Product DescriptionVoted a 2000 Book of the Year by the Academy of Parish Clergy!In today's fragmented and frenetic world, families face all kinds of pressures. Accordingly, those ministering with families need a multifaceted, well-informed sense of both the Christian purpose of family and the complex world our families inhabit. Writing out of years of experience [...]

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Icons and Power: The Mother of God in Byzantium

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Product DescriptionThe Virgin Mary embodied power rather than maternal tenderness in the Byzantine world . Known as the Mother of god, she became a guarantor of military victory and hence of imperial authority . In this pioneering book, Bissera Pentcheva connects the fusion of Marian cult and imperial rule with the powers assigned to images [...]

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If You Really Loved Me: 100 Questions on Dating, Relationships, and Sexual Purity

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ISBN13: 9780867169096 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionHave you ever asked yourself. . . - Why should I wait for marriage to have sex? - How far is too far? - How do I say "no"? - What if we really love each other? - How do I find [...]

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Catholic Cremation

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Cremation and the catholic church – Cremation and the catholic church has been an issue until very recently. In the very earliest days of the Church one of the negative reactions toward the Church by the Roman Empire was that after the Christians had been martyred, their bodies were cremated and the remains scattered. This [...]

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The Mass of the Early Christians

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ISBN13: 9781592763207 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionWhat did the first Christians believe about the Eucharist? How did they follow Jesus' command, Do this in remembrance of me? How did they celebrate the Lord's Day? What would they recognize in today's Mass? The answers may surprise you. In The [...]

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Why I Am Catholic Prt 1

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why I am catholic Part one of two in Why I am (Roman) Catholic I sharing with you my testimony on discovering Truth in my own Faith, which is Catholicism Tags: apostolic, Christian, Bible, Christ, Tradition, Jesus, God

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