Introduction to Christianity

RATZINGER, Joseph

Herder and Herder

In a lengthy interview held over three days at the Abbey of Monte Cassino, the future pope answers questions on faith, God, Christ, the Church, and related topics.

Dios Y El Mundo: Las Opiniones De Benedicto XVI Sobre Los Grandes Temas De Hoy (Spanish Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Plaza y Janés.

En este original y oportuno libro —el primero que escribe desde su elección como papa—, Benedicto XVI rescata la figura de Jesús de recientes descripciones «populares» y restaura la verdadera identidad de Jesús que nos presentan los Evangelios. El papa, con su excepcional lucidez como teólogo y su convicción personal como creyente, nos presenta un retrato de Jesús impactante y veraz, y nos invita a encontrarnos cara a cara con la figura principal de la fe cristiana. De Jesús de Nazaret: «La gran pregunta que nos acompañará a lo largo de todo este libro: ¿qué ha traído Jesús realmente, si no ha traído la paz al mundo, el bienestar para todos, un mundo mejor? ¿Qué ha traído? La respuesta es muy sencilla: a Dios. Ha traído a Dios. Aquel Dios cuyo rostro se había ido revelando primero poco a poco, desde Abraham hasta la literatura sapiencial, pasando por Moisés y los Profetas; el Dios que sólo había mostrado su rostro en Israel y que, si bien entre muchas sombras, había sido honrado en el mundo de los pueblos; ese Dios, el Dios de Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, el Dios verdadero, Él lo ha traído a los pueblos de la tierra. Ha traído a Dios: ahora conocemos su rostro, ahora podemos invocarlo. Ahora conocemos el camino que debemos seguir como hombres en este mundo. Jesús ha traído a Dios y, con Él, la verdad sobre nuestro origen y nuestro destino; la fe, la esperanza y el amor».

Jesús De Nazaret (Jesus de Nazareth) (Spanish Edition)

History

Papa Benedicto XVI

World

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Bringing together their unique vantage points as leaders of Church and State, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and Marcello Pera challenge us to imagine what can be the future of a civilization that has abandoned its moral and cultural history. They call on the West to embrace a spiritual rather than political renewal -and to accept the moral values that alone can help us to make sense of changes in technology, economics, and society.

Without Roots: The West, Relativism, Christianity, Islam

Europe

Basic Books

The Ratzinger Reader: Mapping a Theological Journey

A fascinating and insightful volume collecting together the key writings of Joseph Ratzinger, some of them yet untranslated, from his youthful and more progressive writings, to his 'transition period' following his disillusionment with the aftermath of Vatican II, to his time as Prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith down to 2005. The emphasis will be upon Joseph Ratzinger as 'private theologian', his many writings released in a personal capacity for such will chart the formation of and comment upon the official statements and texts released under his name in a more informative fashion than the simple inclusion of the formulaic 'official texts' themselves. 
 Following a section providing insight into the fundamental and systematic theological background and development of Joseph Ratzinger's thought, further thematic sections will also be included, for example, Joseph Ratzinger's writings on Ecclesiology, on Theology and the Role of Theologians, on the Eucharist, on Religious Pluralism, on Sacramental Theology, Ecumenism, on Truth, on the Contemporary Historical Era, on Magisterium and on Faith Morals etc. 
 The volume will open with an introductory essay charting the life and career, the achievements of and the controversies surrounding the new pope. Each reading will be prefaced by a brief introduction to its context and themes and will be followed by recommended further reading on its respective subject matter.

Religious Studies

T&T Clark

A fascinating and insightful volume collecting together the key writings of Joseph Ratzinger, some of them yet untranslated, from his youthful and more progressive writings, to his 'transition period' following his disillusionment with the aftermath of Vatican II, to his time as Prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith down to 2005. The emphasis will be upon Joseph Ratzinger as 'private theologian', his many writings released in a personal capacity for such will chart the formation of and comment upon the official statements and texts released under his name in a more informative fashion than the simple inclusion of the formulaic 'official texts' themselves. Following a section providing insight into the fundamental and systematic theological background and development of Joseph Ratzinger's thought, further thematic sections will also be included, for example, Joseph Ratzinger's writings on Ecclesiology, on Theology and the Role of Theologians, on the Eucharist, on Religious Pluralism, on Sacramental Theology, Ecumenism, on Truth, on the Contemporary Historical Era, on Magisterium and on Faith Morals etc. The volume will open with an introductory essay charting the life and career, the achievements of and the controversies surrounding the new pope. Each reading will be prefaced by a brief introduction to its context and themes and will be followed by recommended further reading on its respective subject matter.

New York Times Bestseller! El tercer transcendental y último volumen en la popular saga internacional “Jesús de Nazaret”, escrito por El Papa, detallando como la historia de la infancia y niñez de Jesús es hoy por hoy aun tan relevante como fue hace dos mil años. En 2007 Joseph Ratzinger publicó su primer libro como Papa Benedicto XVI con el objetivo de “divulgar la figura y el mensaje de Jesús”. En este volumen final El Papa se concentra exclusivamente en los Evangelios que cuentan la vida de Jesús cuando niño. En la raíz de esta historia está la vivencia por la esperanza encontrada con el nacimiento de Jesús y las afirmaciones de entrega y disposición encarnadas en sus padres José y María. Es una historia de anhelos y búsquedas, demostrada por los Tres Reyes Magos en la esperanza de redención traída con el nacimiento de un nuevo rey. Es un testimonio de sacrificio y confianza completa en la sabiduría de Dios visto a través de la fe de Simón, el recto y devoto vecino de Jerusalén, demostrada ante la presencia del Nino Jesús. En ultima instancia, la vida de Jesucristo y su mensaje es una historia actual que habla a la incansable búsqueda del corazón humano por la única verdad que es capaz, por si sola, de llevarnos a un profundo regocijo.

La Infancia de Jesus (Jesus de Nazareth) (Spanish Edition)

What did ancient Christians and pagans believe makes the unity of the nations? Just as he began serving as a major adviser at the Second Vatican Council in 1962, Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) studied this question in lectures delivered at Austria's University of Salzburg. These lectures, originally published in German, are now made available in English in this volume. According to Ratzinger, pagan Rome said the Empire was the "cosmopolis" which united the world. The church affirmed the goodness of the world, and acknowledged the proper role of the state. But Christian belief that Christ had given birth to the church, the eternal cosmopolis, present now, was revolutionary. Christ was the New Adam, who restores unity to a humanity scattered in the Fall and at Babel. For Origen, Israel was the true state that remained under the one God; other nations were under archons or dark angels, from which Christ came to liberate them. Christ instituted the eternal kingdom of peace, to which Christians belong now, living within and at the service of, their earthly nations. In Ratzinger's view, Origen thought peace between the church and world before the Eschaton - the eternal kingdom - was possible. Augustine responded in two ways to claims by pagans that the Christian God had not protected Rome from being sacked in 410. First, Rome's pagan civic religion was undermined in its function of aiding state security by the fact that it was not true. Second, Christianity, as the truth, was not subordinate to the state, but was a new community. In Ratzinger's view, Augustine saw the church, the City of God, as an alien citizen, but one very much within the City of Man and meant to renew, not take over, that earthly city, until Christ's Second Coming. This early work of Ratzinger's showcases the development of his theology, including themes that will inform his life's work, such as how God's transcendence and the doctrine of creation inform a Christian worldview, and the central role of the Incarnation in understanding how the church relates to the world.

The Unity of the Nations: A Vision of the Church Fathers

The Catholic University of America Press

The book covers the difficulty of discussing the basis of the Christian faith with new and none believers.

Crossroad/Seabury

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Introduction to Christianity

Dios Y El Mundo: Las Opiniones De Benedicto XVI Sobre Los Grandes Temas De Hoy (Spanish Edition)

Jesús De Nazaret (Jesus de Nazareth) (Spanish Edition)

Without Roots: The West, Relativism, Christianity, Islam

The Ratzinger Reader: Mapping a Theological Journey

The Ratzinger Reader: Mapping a Theological Journey

La Infancia de Jesus (Jesus de Nazareth) (Spanish Edition)

The Unity of the Nations: A Vision of the Church Fathers

Introduction to Christianity

Introduction to Christianity