Name: behold the pierced 1
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Author: Ratzinger, Joseph
ISBN: 9780898700879

Type

Physical Book

Author

Joseph Ratzinger

Publisher

Ignatius Press

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.4 x 13.4 x 1.2 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN

0898700876

ISBN13

9780898700879

Synopsis "behold the pierced 1"

In this profound and illuminating work, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger turns the gaze of an accomplished theologian upon the crucified Savior. This synthetic and meditative work is theological without being abstract or dry, and spiritual without being sentimental. The pierced heart of Christ must be the heart of theology and Christian life as well.Proceeding from the prayerful dialogue between the Incarnate Son and his Eternal Father, Joseph Ratzinger shows how one can approach the mystery of the Heart of Christ only through the imitation of this prayer. To know and understand Jesus we must participate in his prayer. The prayer of Christ must be the interior life of all who are joined to him in his Body, the Church. Using the Old and New Testaments and the Church Fathers, Ratzinger shows that the ecclesial community (the Church) was born from the pierced Heart of Christ on the Cross.

Joseph Ratzinger

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(Marktl, 1927 - Vatican City, 2022) German theologian and prelate, elected Pope of the Catholic Church on April 19, 2005, as successor to John Paul II. After nearly eight years of pontificate, he resigned in February 2013, a decision with very few precedents in the two thousand years of Church history.

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