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Steadfast in the Faith
Morris J. Macgregor
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Paperback. Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle is remembered as the controversial leader of the Archdiocese of Washington. This biography seeks to explain O'Boyle's apparent contradictions by placing emphasis on his formative years and his training as a seminarian and curator in the rigidly traditional Church of his adopted New York. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 699.
Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle (1896-1987) is largely remembered as the controversial leader of the Archdiocese of Washington during its first, formative quarter century. Combining considerable foresight about the Church's social concerns with a stubborn resistance to innovation, he countered opposition from those who reviled his progressive stand, especially his steadfast demand for racial equality and support of organized labor. At the same time he earned the opprobrium of those who resisted his firm support of the magisterium, in particular his controversial defense of the pope's ban on artificial birth control and his rejection of liturgical experimentation in the wake of the ... Read more
Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle (1896-1987) is largely remembered as the controversial leader of the Archdiocese of Washington during its first, formative quarter century. Combining considerable foresight about the Church's social concerns with a stubborn resistance to innovation, he countered opposition from those who reviled his progressive stand, especially his steadfast demand for racial equality and support of organized labor. At the same time he earned the opprobrium of those who resisted his firm support of the magisterium, in particular his controversial defense of the pope's ban on artificial birth control and his rejection of liturgical experimentation in the wake of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813214290
SKU
V9780813214290
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About Morris J. Macgregor
Morris J. MacGregor is the author of several books, including A Parish for the Federal City: St. Patrick's in Washington, 1794-1994 and The Emergence of a Black Catholic Community: St. Augustine's in Washington.
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