The Essential Pope Benedict XVI

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ISBN: 9780061128844 | 0061128848
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Copyright: 2/1/2008

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Culled from the writings and speeches of Pope Benedict XVI, this collection serves as a comprehensive introduction to the concerns that animate the agenda of this new pontiff.

Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xvii
Chronology of the Life of Pope Benedict XVI	p. xxxix
Introduction to Christianity	p. 1
Sermons and Addresses
Homily at John Paul II's Funeral Mass	p. 17
Homily at the Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff	p. 21
First Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI at the End of the Eucharistic Concelebration with the Cardinal Electors in the Sistine Chapel	p. 25
Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI at the Mass of Inauguration of His Pontificate	p. 31
Message on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II from the College of Cardinals	p. 37
Address of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to Pope John Paul II at a Concert Offered by the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Orchestra on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of His Pontificate	p. 41
The Assisi Day of Prayer	p. 43
The Feeling of Things, the Contemplation of Beauty	p. 47
Guardini on Christ in Our Century	p. 53
Christ the Liberator	p. 57
The Church
At the Root of the Crisis	p. 63
Eucharist, Communion, and Solidarity	p. 69
The Ecclesiology of the Constitution on the Church: Lumen Gentium	p. 85
The Local Church and the Universal Church	p. 103
The Canon of Criticism	p. 111
The Basis of Christian Brotherhood: Faith	p. 133
The Liturgy
Theology of the Liturgy	p. 141
On the Theological Basis of Prayer and Liturgy	p. 155
The Regensburg Tradition and the Reform of the Liturgy	p. 167
Music and Liturgy	p. 185
Sacred Places	p. 193
The Beginning of the Council and the Transfer to Munster	p. 201
Theology
On the Meaning of Faith	p. 211
Liberation Theology	p. 217
Relativism: The Central Problem for Faith Today	p. 227
Scripture
Biblical Interpretation in Crisis	p. 243
Sin and Salvation	p. 259
Meditation on the Priesthood	p. 269
The Place of Mariology in the Bible	p. 283
The Priesthood
The Nature of the Priesthood	p. 293
The Ministry and Life of Priests	p. 305
The Sacrament of Reconciliation	p. 319
Christian Morality
Europe's Crisis of Culture	p. 325
Truth and Freedom	p. 337
The Church's Teaching	p. 355
Culture and Truth: Some Reflections on the Encyclical Letter Fides et Ratio	p. 367
Crises of Law	p. 377
The Problem of Threats to Human Life	p. 381
God Is Love
Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love)	p. 395
Notes	p. 427
Bibliography	p. 447
Index	p. 451
Acknowledgments	p. 461
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The Essential Pope Benedict XVI

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