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Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration

by: Pope Benedict XVI

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781586171988
ISBN: 1586171984
Item Dimensions: 9780797530
Label: Ignatius Press
Languages: EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Ignatius Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 389
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Release Date: September 15, 2008
Studio: Ignatius Press

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Now in Paperback, with a new Index!

In this bold, momentous work, Joseph Ratzinger--in his first book written since he became Pope--seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from recent "popular" depictions and to restore Jesus' true identity as discovered in the Gospels. Through his brilliance as a theologian and his personal conviction as a believer, the Pope shares a rich, compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of Jesus and invites us to encounter, face-to-face, the central figure of the Christian faith.

From Jesus of Nazareth: "the great question that will be with us throughout this entire book: What did Jesus actually bring, if not world peace, universal prosperity, and a better world? What has he brought?

The answer is very simple: God. He has brought God! He has brought the God who formerly unveiled his countenance gradually first to Abraham, then to Moses and the Prophets, and then in the Wisdom Literature--the God who revealed his face only in Israel, even though he was also honored among the pagans in various shadowy guises. It is this God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the true God, whom he has brought to the peoples of the earth.

He has brought God, and now we know his face, now we can call upon him. Now we know the path that we human beings have to take in this world. Jesus has brought God and with God the truth about where we are going and where we come from: faith, hope, and love."

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