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    Saint Paul: General Audience Talks
    Saint Paul: General Audience Talks
    Saint Paul: General Audience Talks
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    Saint Paul: General Audience Talks

    By Pope Benedict XVI

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    St. Paul is one of the most important figures in Christian history. As Saul of Tarsus he vigorously persecuted Christianity, even collaborating in the death of Christianity's first martyr, Stephen. His encounter with the resurrected Jesus on the road to Damascus changed Paul's life, the Christian Church, and world history. More than anyone else in the early Church, Paul saw the universal nature of the Christian message. He became the Apostle to the Gentiles and the "Teacher of the Nations". As the human author of half of the New Testament, Paul is a figure who cannot be overlooked by anyone who wants to understand Jesus Christ and Christianity.

    In this book, Pope Benedict XVI, a profound spiritual leader in his own right and a first-rate theologian and Bible commentator, explores the legacy of Paul. Pope Benedict follows the course of the Apostle's life, including his missionary journeys and his relationship with the other apostles of Jesus such as St. Peter and St. James, and Paul's martyrdom in Rome. Benedict also examines such questions as: Did Paul know Jesus during his earthly life and how much of Jesus' teaching and ministry did he know of? Did Paul distort the teachings of Jesus? What role did Jesus' death and resurrection play in Paul's teaching? What are we to make of Paul's teaching about the end of the world? What does Paul's teaching say about the differences between Catholic and Protestant Christians over salvation and the roles of faith and works in the Christian life? How have modern Catholic and Protestant scholars come together in their understanding of Paul? What does Paul have to teach us today about living a spiritual life?

    These and other important issues are addressed in this masterful, inspirational, and highly-readable presentation of St. Paul and his writings by one of today's great spiritual teachers, Pope Benedict XVI.

    "The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity and its cultures."
    Pope Benedict XVI

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIgnatius Press
    Release dateSep 3, 2009
    ISBN9781681494173
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    Pope Benedict XVI

    Pope Benedict XVI is widely recognized as one of the most brilliant theologians and spiritual leaders of our age. As Pope he authored the best-selling Jesus of Nazareth; and prior to his pontificate, he wrote many influential books that continue to remain important for the contemporary Church, such as Introduction to Christianity and The Spirit of the Liturgy.

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      This is a bit of a mixture of a book. Some chapters are deeply profound spiritual reflections, while others read like hastily prepared lectures for an introductory class Paul and the Pauline literature. Each of the twenty short chapters is the English translation of the pope's catechesis on St Paul during audiences in the Year of St Paul (2008-9). It is no secret that the Pope does not himself write every speech, homily or address he delivers, and so I suspect that more than one hand is actually behind these texts.Still - even those chapters that are less profound are still informative - and they are nice bite-sized pieces, so worth a read.

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