Inscription: Five Centuries of Heroic Sanctity on the American
Seller ID: 7003
ISBN: 0900-5
It will come as a surprise to many, if not most, to learn that there are at least some 137 men and women who have lived in North or South America who have been beatified or canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. Sixty of them were canonized and 77 beatified. Most of these, 50 of them, came from Mexico and another 33 were from Brazil. The United States and Canada together can claim eight North American Martyrs. Individually Canada boasts another twelve saints or blesseds and the United States, nine. Seven were from Peru; three each were from Argentina and Chile; and one each from Guatemala, Cu... View More...
It will come as a surprise to many, if not most, to learn that there are at least some 137 men and women who have lived in North or South America who have been beatified or canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. Sixty of them were canonized and 77 beatified. Most of these, 50 of them, came from Mexico and another 33 were from Brazil. The United States and Canada together can claim eight North American Martyrs. Individually Canada boasts another twelve saints or blesseds and the United States, nine. Seven were from Peru; three each were from Argentina and Chile; and one each from Guatemala, Cu... View More...
There's no way to get around the fact that, in the Bible, women played a subservient role in what can only be described as a patriarchal society. And yet what an important role that was given the fact that, if nothing else, they were the mothers of those dominant men of whom we read so much in the sacred pages. Some thirty-nine of the most prominent women from the Old and New Testement are profiled in these short stories. Some are heroes, others are villains; some are saints, others are public sinners. There are touching stories of loving relationships that move the heart and there are tales t... View More...
There’s no way to get around the fact that, in the Bible, women played a subservient role in what can only be described as a patriarchal society. And yet what an important role that was given the fact that, if nothing else, they were the mothers of those dominant men of whom we read so much in the sacred pages. Some thirty-nine of the most prominent women from the Old and New Testament are profiled in these short stories. Some are heroes, others are villains; some are saints, others are public sinners. There are touching stories of loving relationships that move the heart and there are tales t... View More...
Many books have appeared recently studying "the historical Jesus" as a way, apparently, to figure out what Jesus was really like. Many of these are attempts to debunk what Christians believe about Jesus, or to deny his divinity. This book returns to the Jesus in the Gospels. That's the Jesus we believe in. Its purpose is to try to help the reader know Jesus as one person knows another. It is the outcome of a lifetime of study of the Gospels and of commentaries about them. It is also the result of eight pilgrimages to the Holy Land, including three months of study at the Ecumenical Institute of... View More...
