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#245248 - 07/17/07 12:02 AM Re: Pope Benedict XVI - Jesus of Nazareth (Vol 1) [Re: EdHash]
Terry Bohannon Offline
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Registered: 05/15/07
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What I have enjoyed in Pope Benedict's writings is that he brings us to the root of theology.

Terry


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"Philosophizing is the purest form of theoria, of speculari, of a purely receptive gazing at reality, in which the things alone provide the measure and the soul only receives this measure." Josef Pieper, For the Love of Wisdom.

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#246207 - 07/23/07 07:49 AM Re: Pope Benedict XVI - Jesus of Nazareth (Vol 1) [Re: Terry Bohannon]
Our Lady's slave Offline
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Registered: 11/03/01
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Loc: Glasgow, Scotland
Just picked this up and thought I should share it

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Cardinal: Pope's Book Goes Against the Grain

Says Ideas Are Original and Pointed

BENEVENTO, Italy, JULY 22, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Cardinal Renato Martino says that Benedict XVI's book, "Jesus of Nazareth," is pointed and sometimes polemical, a "book with salt and pepper" -- and sometimes "hot peppers."

"'Jesus of Nazareth' is a surprising book," said the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in a July 15 presentation of the volume in southern Italy.......


Full report can be read here

Zenit

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#255632 - 10/09/07 03:11 PM Re: Pope Benedict XVI - Jesus of Nazareth (Vol 1) [Re: Our Lady's slave]
indigo Offline
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So, now that y'all have read the book what think ye?

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