Called to Holiness: On Love, Vocation, and Formation
Pope Benedict
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Description for Called to Holiness: On Love, Vocation, and Formation
Paperback. Editor(s): Rossotti, Pietro. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC7; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
This edited collection is the first to gather in one volume the most relevant addresses, speeches, and homilies of His Holiness, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to seminarians and consecrated men and women into a single volume for the English-speaking world. Called to Holiness is divided into three sections. The first section focuses on the mystery of vocation. The second section collects Benedict's writings around the crucial experience of Love. Finally, the third section offers Benedict's description of what a seminary should look like. Pope Benedict XVI's words remind us of the fundamental meaning of a life of total consecration to ... Read more
This edited collection is the first to gather in one volume the most relevant addresses, speeches, and homilies of His Holiness, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to seminarians and consecrated men and women into a single volume for the English-speaking world. Called to Holiness is divided into three sections. The first section focuses on the mystery of vocation. The second section collects Benedict's writings around the crucial experience of Love. Finally, the third section offers Benedict's description of what a seminary should look like. Pope Benedict XVI's words remind us of the fundamental meaning of a life of total consecration to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Catholic University of America Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813229249
SKU
V9780813229249
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99-21
About Pope Benedict
Born in 1927 in Germany as Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI became head of the Roman Catholic Church in April 2005. A prolific author, theologian, and professor, Ratzinger served as an expert at the Second Vatican Council; led the German Archdiocese of Munich and Freising; and, in 1981, was called to Rome by Pope John Paul II to head the ... Read more
Reviews for Called to Holiness: On Love, Vocation, and Formation
As a theologian, priest, bishop and pope, Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) ranks among the most gifted, fertile Catholic minds of the past century. Called to Holiness is a superb collection of his thoughts, both rich and accessible, on the meaning of the priestly and consecrated vocations. I warmly recommend it. -Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap, Archbishop of Philadelphia